“This is another stupid idea that will yet again wreck our roads. The lights that have replaced beach hill are a nightmare, the road markings at the Bagle Brook roundabout still don't make sense and now turning one of the busiest roads in Port Talbot into a one-way road. As stated here already, turning a distance for road users from around 300m into just under a mile, increasing polution. If they need to get the new roads they built used, why don't they entice more companies to locate in the industrial park. I use Water Street every day and this change is going to be an utter nightmare for so many road users! We need to get some people with common sense working in the council!!”

“I know like mand, its not on like.
i just had a new pram for mustapha and shaniqua and all like.

gutted i am like”

“this road change will affect the annual fairfield single mothers pram race, we usually race up past blancos, pit stop in the market tavern for breakfast, then down past the job centre (must be avoided or you get DQ) then back up to fairfield.

with entrants growing by the 100s every january, this is something we werent warned about like. is nor on isit.”

“The so called "vehicle-activated road blocker" will last two minutes - my mates will sort it out and open up Water street to two way traffic :~)”

“The clowns they call Councillors wasted money on this new road that no one uses, so they dream up this pollution problem, which proved them wrong approx 4 months ago. Now these clowns are diverting traffic that if they used Water Street the traveling distance would be approx 300m distance they now want to divert traffic three or four times the distance!!!! - now is that a sensible decision ? - use more fuel, MORE pollution. I'm sure that the NPT Councillors share one brain cell amoungst themselves and someone loaned it to Swansea on the day this decision was made.
Again its decisions made by fools who do not live in Port Talbot. Don't forget it was the criminal town planners who wrecked a perfectly good town centre in the 1970's - they are trying to do the same again. - Get lost fools and play town planners online - wreck a virtual town not Port Talbot - it's been messed about long enough.
Replace the Afan Lido, Finish the bowling Alley, get some more shops into the town and then go on a long holiday fools”

“No consideration has been given to us residents of this area or the shop owners in Water Street so in an emergency if Water Street is one way how do we get out of Old Aberavon/fairfield then?”

“I bet McDonald's won't be happy with this road change”

“Does this mean that the main polluter other than the industry in Port Talbot the M4 flyover Port Talbot is going to be single lane or one way?
Have your views ever seen the plumes of filthy water that sprays over the houses near to the M4 when it rains? The water must be heavily polluted with petrol and diesel pollutants including lead, benzine etc - causing untold harm to the people living near the M4.
The fools that we have as Councillors need to open up the western end of housing estate that's near the PT Hospital and St Joesph's School area - then drivers have an alternative route to take and will not use Corporation Road and Water Street roads.”

“Well so far its not work that well with Swansea Kingsway and walters road which causes a huge traffic build up. Before you had a choice to go down the k-way if you were heading towards mumbles way or uplands etc but now you have 1 route to follow leaving the majority of the time a massive traffic que taking upto 30 mins just to get through 1street!”

“Amazing decision, because everyone has known for years that the high level of pollution in Port Talbot is due to the traffic and not the Steel works.”