Mountain Ash Facebook group air their views on another vehicle accident at the controversial road junction Newtown Mountain Ash
Another serious vehicle accident occurred on Sunday the 11 June on the A4095 Newtown Mountain Ash, this notorious road junction since being constructed has seen many road accidents last Sunday a number of vehicles were involved.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council commissioned Capita to develop a programme for scheme development part of their remit was Highways Design, Structures Design and of course the inevitable Public Consultation that most of the time the council take no notice of (an example 3 week bin collections)
The council informs us the new highway layout is a standard design and is expectable, having travelled on the A4059 through this road junction and seen many near misses to know and understand why was this junction constructed the way it was, as two resident express their views on FB.
Resident express their views on FB.
“I hope everyone is ok but that stretch of road with 2 lanes into one that people think is a f*****ng overtake lane is dangerous, whoever came up with the idea needs their head examined the left hand lane should be for going over the bridge and the right straight on ….also it’s a 30pmh area and they go through there double that … it’s only a matter of time before someone gets killed …. RCT NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AND CHANGE IT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE !!!!”
“There you go Andrew Morgan in to much of a hurry to get his bridge built the whole design of it both ends of the bridge is nothing short of shit. That bridge will have nothing but car crashes said it from the start poor design and no forethought by Andrew Morgan and his mob. Who by the way said that the bridge being there will being more trade to Mount???? Wrong again Morgan there wasn’t many going to Mount before the bridge there’s even less now the only ones that’ll do well out of that bridge are the scrap men.”
Another serous vehicle accident occurred on Sunday the 11 June on The A4059 Newtown Mountain Ash, this notorious road junction since constructed as seen many road accidents last Sunday a number of vehicles were involved.
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council commissioned Capita to develop a programme for scheme development part of their remit was Highways Design, Structures Design and of course the inevitable Public Consultation that most of the time the council take no notice of (an example 3 week bin collections)
The council informs us the new highway layout is a standard design and is expectable, having traveled on the A4059 through this road junction and seen many near misses myself to know and understand why was this junction constructed the way it was, as two resident express their views on FB.
“I hope everyone is ok but that stretch of road with 2 lanes into one that people think is a f*****ng overtake lane is dangerous, whoever came up with the idea needs their head examined the left hand lane should be for going over the bridge and the right straight on ….also it’s a 30pmh area and they go through there double that … it’s only a matter of time before someone gets killed …. RCT NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AND CHANGE IT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE !!!!”
“There you go Andrew Morgan in to much of a hurry to get his bridge built the whole design of it both ends of the bridge is nothing short of shit. That bridge will have nothing but car crashes said it from the start poor design and no forethought by Andrew Morgan and his mob. Who by the way said that the bridge being there will being more trade to Mount???? Wrong again Morgan there wasn’t many going to Mount before the bridge there’s even less now the only ones that’ll do well out of that bridge are the scrap men.”
https://www.facebook.com/groups/23988772043/user/100063577785646
There was little point in extending the highway at this point to 3 lanes I can understand the left lane only but not 2 dedicated lanes to go forward it just didn’t make any sense and the layout of the junction has not reduced the queuing traffic at peak times as we have been informed it now stretches as back as the Abercynon Roundabout on the A470.
Any lights on the A4059 is bad news
It was Andrew Morgan leader of the council who said any lights on the A4059 is bad news, therefor why did he allow Capita to design, develop and build a road junction that he probably knew would not solve the traffic problem and with such a short filter lane there is always going to be problems even with a CCTV camera in place.
AberdareOnline lobbied the council to get the Sothern Cross Valley Link road built but not a 3-lane highway and not another set of traffic lights, the lights on Mountain Ash Bridge were the problem before now the council have just mover the queuing traffic further down the A4095 and doubled-up the problems with an extra pair of traffic lights and an unsuitable extra lane that was not required.
Twitter July 2018
“Just passed the area (2 mins ago)……motorbike on the deck, driver picking it up (clearly cheesed off). Female driver remaining in her car. Checked if they were ok. When is the road safety audit result being published ? Take it from me, it’s an absolute shambles.”
AberdareOnline has also lobbied the council about the Mountain Ash Northern Cross Valley Link but the leader of the council believes it’s a waste of money; clearly he is never stuck in the daily Mountain Ash bottleneck.
Mountain Ash Northern Cross Valley Link.
Policy NSA 20 includes specific references to the Mountain Ash Southern Cross Valley Link and the Mountain Ash Northern Cross Valley Link. These road schemes are essential to improve accessibility for local residents to services and employment opportunities, improve the environment by removing vehicles from congested areas i.e. A4095 and B4275 and attract investment into the area.
