A PETITION has been set up by a Llandudno town councillor to help see sand restored to the town’s North Shore beach.

The petition, created by Cllr Ian Turner, calls for Welsh Government to fund the removal of quarry rocks and the restoration of sand and groynes to North Shore.

In February, it was confirmed that Welsh Government will not be using the coastal risk management programme to provide a flood defence solution for Llandudno, which includes the return of sand to the town’s North Shore beach.

Conwy County Borough Council’s cabinet has agreed to support a non-sand option for North Shore.

Welsh Government has approved the council’s funding application for a detailed design of the non-sand option.

Already, more than 600 people have signed Cllr Turner’s online petition.

While all petitions with more than 250 signatures will be discussed by the Petitions Committee, 10,000 are needed for it to be considered for a debate in the Welsh Parliament.

You can sign the petition at: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/245414.

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Janet Finch-Saunders, MS for Aberconwy, said: “Now that Plaid Cymru and Welsh Labour are co-operating at Conwy cabinet level and Welsh Government, they have a key opportunity to put the disaster they have created on our beach right.

“I applaud Cllr Ian Tuner and all in our community who are working to help save our beach, and challenge the Welsh Government refusal to use the flood and coastal erosion budget to fund the restoration of sand.

“If you want to see those horrible boulders removed from our beach, please sign the petition.”