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Apply for a Temporary Road Closure
Temporary road closures can be arranged for special events and for highway improvements. Special Events Temporary road closures can be arranged for special events such as national celebrations and ill… Content last updated: 05 August 2024
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Road closures and Roadworks
If you have any complaints about current Road Closures or Roadworks please use the Contact Us form at this side of this page. Content last updated: 26 March 2025
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Request a Permanent Road Closure
A permanent road closure can be processed under two acts of Parliament: The Highways Act 1980 The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Highway being unnecessary Under Section 116 of The Highways Act 1… Content last updated: 19 January 2022
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Find Road Closures and Roadworks
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Christmas lights switch-on road closures
Because of our Family Fun Day and Christmas lights switch-on this coming weekend, a number of town centre roads and car parks will be closed. Gillar Street Car Park will be closed from 6pm Thursday 17… Content last updated: 16 November 2022
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Road closures for Pontmorlais Heritage Victorian Day
A number of town centre roads will be closed during the daytime this Thursday (18 August) for the Pontmorlais Townscape ‘Heritage Victorian Day’. Between 6am and 4:30pm, there will be closures to: Po… Content last updated: 16 August 2022
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Closure of a section of Vaynor Road for landslip prevention works
From Monday 4th September the section of Vaynor Road between the Aberglais Inn and Dol-Y-Coed House will be closed for approximately seven months. Over the past three years the Council has been workin… Content last updated: 22 August 2023
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Removal of right-hand turn at Bethesda Street temporary
The County Borough Council would like to reassure residents that the removal of the protected right-hand turn from Bethesda Street into Chapel Banks is just a temporary measure. As part of plans to im… Content last updated: 25 March 2022
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Temporary road closure on A4102 Bethesda Street for 5 nights from Monday 4th April 2022
Griffiths have been undertaking Active Travel Improvements to A4102 Bethesda Street in Merthyr Tydfil on behalf of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and will shortly be undertaking the final surfa… Content last updated: 01 April 2022
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Junior Road Safety Officer Scheme
Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO) are a huge help to the local Road Safety Officer It is the job of the JRSO to help promote road safety issues within the school and local community. Being a JRSO is… Content last updated: 28 October 2022
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Victoria Street temporary closure for zebra crossing work
Victoria Street in the town centre will be temporarily closed next week for work on converting the existing informal crossing into a zebra crossing. A closure order will be in place from the Castle St… Content last updated: 20 January 2022
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EMERGENCY ROAD CLOSURE
⚠️ EMERGENCY ROAD CLOSURE ⚠️ Welsh Water has requested an immediate road closure on Cyfarthfa Road, located at the Travis Perkins junction to Cyfarthfa Ind Est junction. Please see the official divers… Content last updated: 05 November 2024
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Swansea Road Active Travel improvements
The Council is planning to improve pedestrian and cycling links along Swansea Road for the benefit of residents and visitors, as part of its Welsh Government-funded Active Travel programme. The work w… Content last updated: 21 June 2023
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Council consulting on road safety plans for schools
The Council is consulting residents about plans to make changes on the highway at two primary schools because of road safety concerns. Residents of Caedraw Road outside St Mary’s Catholic and Caedraw… Content last updated: 30 June 2022
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Council presses ahead with road safety plans for schools
The Council is to press ahead with plans to make road safety changes on the highway at two primary schools with the agreement of local residents. Concerns had been raised about safety at St Mary’s Cat… Content last updated: 04 August 2022
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Road closed overnight for resurfacing work
Lower Court Street will be closed overnight next weekend for work to complete the new pedestrian crossing between High Street car park and the ‘fountain shops’. The temporary closure will take place b… Content last updated: 28 March 2022
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Delay in start of work on Bethesda Street road improvements
Work due to have begun last month on road improvements in the Bethesda Street area has been delayed and will now start next week (week beginning 6 December 2021). The Council has commenced a series of… Content last updated: 25 January 2022