The U0472 is impassable by The Chapel (Old Chapel Road) following a landslip several years ago. The road is breaking up and needs urgent repair which requires considerable expenditure.
Powys County Council has produced a list of options:
Option 1: Cease ownership of the U0472 and hand over to the Old Chapel. This option requires agreement from the Old Chapel and local residents. This would not be the preferred option, as it would have to be passed in magistrates’ court with no objections.
Option 2: Implement a permanent road closure for vehicles and change the U0472 to a footpath to access the Old Chapel. This option requires remedial works to the road, fencing along the path and parking provisions for the Old Chapel.
Option 3: Repair the U0472 from the northwest direction to the Old Chapel (approximately 200 metres). This option involves the construction of two retaining structures (approximately 20m in length and 3m in height), as well as highway drainage and surfacing.
Option 4: Repair the U0472 from the southeast direction to the Old Chapel (approximately 500 metres). This option involves the construction of one retaining structure (approximately 10m in length and 4m in height), renewal of gabion baskets or alternative scour protection, extensive highway drainage, surfacing, and widening of the carriageway (unless access is provided solely for cars and not buses).
Option 5: Repair the full length of the U0472. Combine Option 3 and Option 4.
Residents are invited to put further options forward for consideration.
Please let the Vale of Grwyney Community Council know what you want so we can inform Powys County Council.
You can contact the Council by:
Email: valeofgrwyneycc@gmail.com
Tel: 01873 890777
Post: Vale of Grwyney Community Council
Pleasant View
Fforest Coal Pit
NP7 7LH
or speak to your local Councillor:
Cllr John Morris – 01873 810495 Cllr Roger Bridgwater – 01873 811026
Cllr Colin Alford – 01873 890894 Cllr Roger Llewelyn – 07776 804287
Vale of Grwyney Community Council 