Drivers hit by long tailbacks in Mumbles Road are facing a fresh set of highways work in the same area.
Since coming back to work after the Easter holidays, rush hour commuters in Swansea have been hit with long delays caused by temporary traffic lights at the entrance to Swansea University.
Even though the work is aimed at improving traffic flows, this week, furious drivers again lined up to criticise Swansea Council , with one commuter saying 'it shouldn't take an hour to get from West Cross to the hospital'.
Swansea Council is currently upgrading the lights at the junction of Mumbles Road with the university entrance and temporary lights are in operation.
The scheme - which was scheduled to last five weeks - will be going into its fourth week on Monday.
However, there are more works to come.
Swansea Council has said the next set of works will be at the Brynmill Terrace junction with Mumbles Road, when they will be working on the pedestrian crossing. The works will be starting on Monday, May 13, and are expected to last four weeks.
Works are then expected to start at the Mumbles Road junction with Sketty Lane on Tuesday, May 28, and are expected to last two weeks.
However, the council said it was not expecting the set of works at Sketty Lane to be as disruptive as the university ones, because they would be a much simpler job, as cabling was already in place.
The traffic-controlled junctions are being replaced with more modern traffic signals which feature wireless technology and can be monitored from Swansea Council’s main traffic communication room.
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The improvements aim to shorten journey times for motorists as well as for public transport services using key routes across the city.
Buses with WiFi can also link up with the new signals so they can move through the junctions more efficiently.
Swansea Council said overnight works had been completed at the junction of Mumbles Road with the university entrance and more would be carried out next week to finalise certain elements.
Nevertheless, the spokesman said it wasn't possible to do works every night due to cost restrictions linked to the Welsh Government grant.
He said the traffic lights at the university were believed to be more than 30 years old as in the past the council had avoided carrying out works there because of the complexity of the scheme.
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Previous improvements have already been completed on main junctions closer to the city centre and the focus of the latest work is to increase the roll-out of the new technology to routes further afield.
Work has already been carried out to make improvements in Gowerton , as well as Morriston Cross, Carmarthen Road, Brynhyfryd Square and Caersalem Cross (Mynydd Garnlwyd Road/Llangyfelach Road).
Mark Thomas, cabinet member for environment and infrastructure management, said previously: “Keeping traffic moving along well-used, busy routes across Swansea, is always a challenge because of the volume of traffic – especially at peak times.
“The work we are currently doing in Gowerton is the continuation of improvements already completed at other busy junctions where we are making the most of new technology.
“These improvements give our traffic management team the ability to better manage junctions outside of the city centre and ensure they are operating efficiently throughout the day.
"Where the latest works are being undertaken, we are obviously aware of congestion and delays for motorists. We are trying to keep these delays to a minimum and are completing the work as quickly as possible.”
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The work is being funded from the Welsh Government’s Local Transport Network Fund programme after Swansea bid for £700,000 for 2018/19.
