Residents have threatened legal action to force their local authority to repair a road.
Part of Penlan Road, in the Swansea Valley, collapsed in November after drainage failed and foundations were undermined. Residents are unhappy with the diversionary route and emergency vehicle access.
Peter Grove, senior assistant engineer at Neath Port Talbot council, told councillors: ‘A number of local residents have taken legal advice with a view to committing this council to carry out remedial works, as required by the Highways Act. While they have been content that since the collapse of the road last November the various remedial options have been explored, I expect further legal enquiries will be made if remedial works are not pursued in the near future.’
Councillors agreed repairs should be progressed with funding from council resources, subject to the outcome of ground investigation. Sheet piling adjacent to the road was estimated to cost £137,000.
Repairs estimated at £900,000 by the same council to the A4107 at Lletty Harri, where foundations and a retaining wall are at risk, are not expected to start until April 2010. Residents complained of hazardous manoeuvres in and out of drives since the road’s partial closure last year.
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