Petition urges safety measures for the perilous A477 Red Roses junction, aiming to prevent accidents and deaths.
The A477 is a busy road in West Wales. Locals, tourists, and deliveries use it all the time. The Red Roses junction has a sharp, 90-degree turn located at the bottom of a hill, lacking a slip road.
Drivers must slow to 20mph to make the turn, while other cars often approach at 70mph. Community members are asking for a safer junction, believing action must occur before more lives are lost.
Locals have requested changes since 2014. Signs there have been hit repeatedly, and cars have crashed into barriers and ditches. It looks safe on paper, but it is not safe in reality.
Many collisions and near misses have happened. A 2021 report showed speeding is common, with over half of drivers exceeding the limit. They think the junction needs better lighting and speed reduction measures. A slip road would let cars slow safely.
Please support our petition, locals pleaded. Council members and residents met with politicians, highlighting the dangerous junction. Samuel Kurtz, Cefin Campbell, and Ann Davies attended, hoping to press the Welsh government.
The community wants safety modifications now, aiming to reduce accidents at the junction. Kurtz previously led a campaign to improve another junction. Traffic lights now exist at Nash Fingerpost because of that action.