Gwynedd receives £185,000 in road safety funding

Date: 8/11/2012

New road surfaces and signs are to be installed on the B4547 at Nant y Garth and the A4244 in Pentir in a bid to improve the safety of the area for motorists.

The measures come after ten serious accidents were recorded by police at Nant y Garth hill over the last five years, reports The Daily Post.

Discussions were undertaken in order to ascertain the best way to improve safety at the spot and Gwynedd Council decided that renewing the road surface would help to reduce slippage.

This has proved to be particularly bad in wet weather and the winter months are unlikely to improve conditions.

A number of signs will also be put in place to remind drivers that they should not exceed the speed limit of 40 miles per hour.

Councillor John Wyn Williams said: "I'm delighted that funding of £185,000 has been found by TAITH, the North Wales transport consortia, to realise the work and to improve and reduce accidents on the road at Nant y Garth and in Pentir."

The schedule for the work is based around it beginning in mid-November and being completed in the new year.

A total of six local companies are to compete for the work in a tendering process, which has already begun.

Another road in Pentir, the A4244, will also see improvements made to it as part of the scheme.

This week has also seen the beginning of a crackdown on motorists driving down a pedestrian street in Gwynedd.

Bangor high street is only accessible to those with blue badge disabled permits and delivery vehicles, but regular cars often break these rules.

From Monday police have been challenging unauthorised vehicles driving down the street during busy hours when there are a large number of shoppers and pedestrians about.

It has been feared that those breaking the rule and driving down the street could cause a serious accident to occur.

Councillor Bryn Hughes, Bangor's Mayor, said: "I’ve seen cars drive up and there’s mothers with prams and the vehicles beep them as if it’s their fault."

Posted by Sarah Bailey

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