New £90m Church Village Bypass
New road will provide a bypass for the settlements of Tonteg, Church Village, Llantwit Fardre and Efail Isaf.
A new £90m Church Village Bypass is to provide for the settlements of Tonteg, Church Village, Llantwit Fardre and Efail Isaf along the severely congested A473 route there.
The new road will also remove traffic from immediately outside the residential and commercial properties that front the route.
Construction started in January 2009 and the building work has employed approximately 4,000 people and is estimated to have brought in £27m for the local economy.
The bypass is helping to create a more prosperous society through economic regeneration in the area and more than 90 per cent of the sub-contracts have been awarded to local companies based in south Wales.
The First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones said: "As well as the economic, environmental and social benefits the new road will bring by allowing traffic to travel more efficiently along this crucial route, this project has provided a valuable boost to the local economy in difficult times."
Further information:
Welsh Assembly Government
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