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Pontypool - Temporary Road Closure Due To Electricity Substation Works

NP4 0PZPublished 05/08/26
Free Press (Wales) • 

What is happening?

DEDDF RHEOLEIDDIO TRAFFIG FFYRDD 1984 ADRAN 14 (1)(A) (FEL Y’I DIWYGWYD)

NEW ROAD, NEW INN, PONT-Y-PWL

GORCHYMYN GWAHARDD TRAFFIG DROS DRO 2026

HYSBYSIR trwy hyn fod Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen, drwy arfer ei bwerau o dan Ddeddf Rheoleiddio Traffig Ffyrdd 1984 (fel y’i diwygiwyd) yn bwriadu gwneud Gorchymyn, nid llai na saith niwrnod ar ôl dyddiad yr Hysbysiad hwn, a fydd yn gwahardd unrhyw draffig rhag teithio ar hyd rhan o New Road, New Inn, Pont-y-pwl.

Mae’r ffordd amgen ar hyd The Highway, Usk Road, Stafford Road, Coed Y Gric Road, New Road ac i’r gwrthwyneb. (Cedwir mynediad i drigolion a’r gwasanaethau brys cyn belled ag y bo modd yn rhesymol).

Mae’r gwaharddiad yn angenrheidiol oherwydd bod gwaith yn cael ei wneud neu y bwriedir gwneud gwaith ar y ffordd neu gerllaw iddi er mwyn cyflawni gwaith mewn is-orsaf drydan.

Bydd y Gorchymyn arfaethedig yn weithredol rhwng 06:00 dydd Mercher 12fed Awst 2026 a 18:00 ddydd Mercher 12fed Awst 2026 am i ddiwrnod ac unrhyw ddiwrnodau eraill y bernir eu bod yn angenrheidiol o fewn cyfnod nad yw’n fwy na 18 mis.

Dated: 5th Awst 2026.

Stephen Vickers, Prif Weithredwr, Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen, Canolfan Ddinesig, Pont-y-pwl, Torfaen NP4 6YB

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 SECTION 14 (1)(A) (AS AMENDED)

NEW ROAD, NEW INN, PONTYPOOL

TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC ORDER 2026

NOTICE is hereby given that the County Borough Council of Torfaen in exercise of their powers under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) intend not less than seven days from the date of this Notice to make an Order the effect of which will be to prohibit any traffic from proceeding along a section of New Road, New Inn, Pontypool.

The alternative route is along The Highway, Usk Road, Stafford Road, Coed Y Gric Road, New Road and viceversa. (Access for residents and emergency services will be maintained as far as is reasonably practicable).

The prohibition is necessary because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the road to carry out electricity substation works.

The proposed Order will operate from 06:00 Wednesday 12th August 2026 to 18:00 Wednesday 12th August 2026 for 1 day or any other days deemed necessary within a period not exceeding 18 months.

Dated: 5th August 2026.

Stephen Vickers, Chief Executive, Torfaen County Borough Council, Civic Centre, Pontypool, Torfaen NP4 6YB

How long will it take?

Planned start

12-Aug-2026

Estimated end

13-Aug-2026

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