THE WELSH GOVERNMENT has confirmed the A48 will close in both directions from the Nantycaws turning to Carmarthen from 7pm on Friday (Oct 14) until 6am on Monday (Oct 17).
Traffic will be diverted through Nantycaws and Llangunnor.
This week work has continued to recover the oil spill that occurred in Nantycaws, with a substantial amount already recovered from Nant Pibwr by Valero’s specialist contractors. They will continue to remove the oil over the next few days.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is working closely with partners to manage the response to the incident, to investigate how the incident happened, and prepare plans to remediate the site.
NRW has also assessed the impact on the local environment. Although the local impact to ecology and fish population is significant, the quick response to contain the spill has resulted in no impact downstream on the River Tywi at the moment.
Aneurin Cox, South Wales Operational Resources Manager for NRW, said: “Our rivers provide a home to rich, diverse and valuable species of plants and animals so it’s important to deal with pollution as quickly as possible.
“As the work continues to recover the oil, we’ll continue to monitor the site and focus on finding out how this happened and will be advising on how to remediate the site.
“This incident has also had a major impact on the local community. We and our partners will continue to speak to local residents, farmers and anglers to keep them updated with the latest situation.
“If anyone sees dead fish or any wildlife in distress, or has any information about the incident please report it by calling 0300 065 3000.”
Welsh Water has confirmed that there is no impact on their drinking water supplies.
Key partners (Dyfed Powys Police, South Wales Trunk Road Agent and Carmarthenshire County Council Highways) continue to review the traffic management plans in place. While the diversion already set up for the closure of the eastbound carriageway of the A48 presents congestion at peak travel times, and adding to the journey times of people using this route, it continues to remain a very necessary action to allow the specialist contractors to continue working on the site.
Chief Inspector Peter Roderick of the Specialist Operations Department of Dyfed-Powys Police said: “Road users should remain confident that the traffic situation for this incident is being closely monitored by the Police and its key partners and that this will be further reviewed throughout the week.”
Add Comment