Editor

Now that all the voting is over and all our Senedd Member sat back at their desks, there is a need for all our representatives to pull together for the good of our county.

The A487 road from Synod Inn to Aberystwyth and beyond must rate as the worst and busiest road to drive on in Ceredigion.

The road itself was built for horse and cart.

The evidence of the current inadequacy of our main trunk road to cope with today’s traffic is evident everywhere. Lorries are getting bigger and wider with increased weight loads.

The evidence is plain to see as there are sinkholes, not potholes everywhere, you only have to look at the junction to Devil’s Bridge/New Cross at Penparcau and follow the A487 southwards to see many more. All along this road you will see evidence of damage caused by lorries that have to keep in when they meet other lorries, hence the erosion on the base of the hedges all along this route.

In areas where there are grass verges, tyre tracks are shown pushing the verges back, again ruts are forming which is extremely dangerous to HGV drivers as they don’t know how soft or solid these verges are.

Blaenplwyf flats is a classic example, several HGV tracks in the greenery here with large sections of hedgerow demolished, same happened on the Cofiwch Dryweryn bends.

Llanrhystud flats suffer the same, the HGVs are widening the road here but leaving ruts which could cause further accidents.

There is a nasty, deep rut on the Aberystwyth side of Chancery which could soon be the cause of an horrific accident.

Other dangerous sections of roads that were designed for a horse and cart are from Llandysul to Carmarthen and from Lampeter to Carmarthen.

How can we attract industry and create good jobs in this area when it’s nearly quicker to drive from Carmarthen to Cardiff than it is from Lampeter to Carmarthen?

So please MSs and MPs think of our roads and stop harping about the M4 relief road. How can we create jobs for our young people until the current road network is greatly improved?

T Evans

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