Drivers get their first hour free at Haverfordwest’s new riverside multi-storey when it opens at 2pm on Friday (18 September).
After that it is £2 for two hours, £3 for four, £3.50 for ten and £4.50 for the full 24. Motorbikes pay £1 for 24 hours.
It is card or contactless only. Cash is not accepted, and the PayByPhone parking app will not work here.
Glan yr Afon/Riverside, the name now lit up on the side of the building, replaces the Cartlett Road multi-storey that closed to drivers in June 2022 and was pulled down to make way for it.
Bus services start using the new station from Monday 21 September.
How the Haverfordwest car park charges work: you pay when you leave
Cameras read your number plate on the way in, so there is no ticket to put on the dashboard.
When you come back, you enter your registration at the pay terminal and pay by card. The barrier then lifts on the way out.
Blue Badge holders get a second hour free by scanning the barcode on their badge at the terminal.
Pembrokeshire County Council says the car park will be open 24 hours a day, with wide spaces and dedicated electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
Space was a sore point with its predecessor. When the old multi-storey shut, the council said it was in a poor state of repair, unwelcoming, and hard to get round in larger modern vehicles.
The bus station side has an upgraded waiting room and public toilets, including a Changing Places toilet for people who need more space and equipment.
The council says dozens of CCTV cameras cover the site, the lighting has been significantly improved and a caretaker will be based there. A Dyfed-Powys Police PCSO will also work from a dedicated office in the building.
From an £8m plan to funding of nearly £19m
When the council first put the scheme out to consultation in 2021, it was described as an £8m project, with work due to begin the following spring.
The figures released this week put it at £16.894m of Welsh Government grant through the Local Transport Fund, plus £1.987m from the council. Together that comes to just under £18.9m.
A further £1.2m from the Transforming Towns fund has paid for the public space around the interchange and improvements to the Prendergast bridge link.
This week’s announcement does not explain the rise.
The interchange was built by Kier Construction. Last August, as the town’s new footbridge was lifted into place, the council’s deputy leader said it would open in summer 2026.
‘Much more than a bus station and car park’
That deputy leader, Cllr Paul Miller, who is also cabinet member for education and regeneration, said the project was “about much more than a bus station and car park”.
“It is about making Haverfordwest easier and more convenient to visit, supporting local businesses and continuing the wider regeneration of our county town,” he said.
He said the council had invested significantly in the town in recent years, and that projects like this “create the foundations for future growth and private investment”.
Castle ward councillor Tom Tudor said he was pleased the project was finished and that it “can only help Haverfordwest”.
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