Highway alterations are due to start in Water Street and Gnoll Park Road in Neath on Monday as part of the planned town centre retail development.
Kier Construction is to carry out the ambitious retail scheme which will see new shop units on the site of Neath’s now demolished former multi-storey car park to provide space for new independent and national retailers to complement those already trading in the town.
The alterations starting on Monday are enabling works which have to be carried out in advance of the retail development which will extend onto the recently constructed Wilko store.
At the moment, Water Street and Fairfield Way in Neath form a one way traffic route.
The retail development will necessitate the stopping up of Fairfield way and alterations to Water Street to allow two way traffic. A formal application to close Fairfield way has been submitted to the Welsh Government.
The highway alterations will include widening Water Street to accommodate two way traffic, the creation of a turning area on Water Street and the installation of traffic signals on the junction of Gnoll Park Road, Water Street and St David’s Street.
The works will mean alterations to the existing parking arrangement on Water Street leading to the removal of the surface car park with alternative parking being available in the multi-storey carpark (the shopmobility unit within the carpark hires mobility scooters).
Access to residential properties and businesses on Water Street will be maintained.
Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd have been awarded the contract for the highway enabling works under the South West Wales Regional Civil Engineering Framework. The works are due to commence on Monday 24th September 2018 and will last for 18 weeks.
Neath Port Talbot Council’s Cabinet Member for Streetscene and Engineering, Councillor Ted Latham said: “We apologise for any inconvenience which may be caused by these works but they are essential to prepare the way for the further re-development of Neath town centre.”
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Gwaith ffordd i ddechrau yng Nghastell-nedd cyn cynllun manwerthu
Disgwylir i addasiadau i briffordd ddechrau ar Stryd y Dwr a Heol Parc y Gnoll yng Nghastell-nedd ddydd Llun fel rhan o ddatblygiad manwerthu arfaethedig yng nghanol y dref.
Bydd Kier Construction yn ymgymryd â'r cynllun manwerthu uchelgeisiol a fydd yn cynnwys adeiladu unedau siop newydd ar safle hen faes parcio aml-lawr Castell-nedd, sydd bellach wedi'i ddymchwel, er mwyn darparu lle ar gyfer manwerthwyr annibynnol a chenedlaethol newydd i gyd-fynd â'r rhai sydd eisoes yn masnachu yn y dref.
Mae'r addasiadau, a fydd yn dechrau ddydd Llun, yn galluogi gwaith, y mae'n rhaid iddo gael ei wneud cyn adeiladu'r datblygiad manwerthu, a fydd yn ymestyn i siop Wilko sydd wedi'i adeiladu'n ddiweddar.
Ar hyn o bryd, mae Stryd y Dwr a Ffordd Fairfield yng Nghastell-nedd yn ffurfio llwybr traffig unffordd.
Bydd y datblygiad manwerthu'n gofyn am gau Ffordd Fairfield a newid Stryd y Dwr er mwyn galluogi traffig dwyffordd. Cyflwynwyd cais ffurfiol i gau Ffordd Fairfield i Lywodraeth Cymru.
Mae'r newidiadau i'r briffordd yn cynnwys ehangu Stryd y Dwr er mwyn cynnwys traffig dwyffordd, creu ardal droi ar Stryd y Dwr a gosod goleuadau traffig ar y gyffordd rhwng Heol Parc y Gnoll, Stryd y Dwr a Stryd Dewi Sant.
Bydd y gwaith yn cynnwys addasu'r drefn gyfredol ar gyfer parcio ar Stryd y Dwr, gan arwain at gael gwared ar y maes parcio awyr agored a bydd maes parcio amgen ar gael yn y maes parcio aml-lawr (mae'r uned Shopmobility yn y maes parcio'n llogi sgwteri symudedd).
Cynhelir mynediad i eiddo preswyl a busnesau ar Stryd y Dwr.
Mae Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd wedi ennill y contract ar gyfer y gwaith galluogi priffordd o dan Fframwaith Peirianneg Sifil Rhanbarthol De-orllewin Cymru. Disgwylir i'r gwaith ddechrau ddydd Llun 24 Medi 2018 a phara am 18 o wythnosau. More stories