CARMAGEDDON

Tractors snarled up and pedestrians forced into road as car park 'revamp' leads to bank holiday chaos

- Andrew Forgrave

FED-UP residents have demanded action after their Gwynedd seaside village was swamped over Easter and the May Day bank holiday.

It follows the £400,000 revamp of a car park in Dinas Dinlle, near Caernarfon, that is said to have a smaller capacity than the one it replaced.

Traffic through the village was reduced to single-file as visiting vehicles overspilled from the car park on to a residential road that runs along the beach front.

Tractors from farms struggled to navigate the congestion and residents claimed they had to walk on the road to avoid cars parked on pavements.

Fine weather has brought an early-season boost to tourism operators in North Wales and some beaches have been much busier than normal for the time of year.

Dinas Dinlle is renowned for its stunning sunsets and visitors have also been lured there by last month's reopening of the village's popular seaside chippy, The Surfer, after a year-long revamp.

The crowds were also swollen on Saturday by the visit of TikTok sensation Spudman at the resort (see page 10).

Resident Martin Evans, a vocal critic of local beach management, said last weekend was 'mayhem.'

He said: "Another bank holiday weekend and it was carmageddon again.