Furious drivers have again lined up to criticise Swansea Council as long delays continue on a major route into the city.
Rush hour commuters took to social media this morning to express their frustration with the ongoing works in Mumbles Road.
One of the drivers tweeted Swansea Council saying he was "constantly being late for work" and that "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 site is one of a number of key junctions across the city where traffic lights are being upgraded with the aim of improving traffic flows.
Swansea Council said works at this particular junction were currently in their third week, with the scheme scheduled to last five weeks.
Commuters previously complained about this set of works with drivers experiencing tailbacks which stretched as far as West Cross after the Easter break.
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At the time, driver David Williams said: "I was late for work today because it took me about twenty minutes to move from the bottom of Sketty Lane to Brynmill .
"There were queues going back to West Cross , and up Mayals Road. It was a very frustrating way to return to work having spent some of the holidays off."
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), as part of the same project.
The lights at the junction of Sketty Lane and Mumbles Road are also due to undergo work.
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.
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.
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Mark Thomas, council cabinet member for environment and infrastructure management, said: “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."
He added: “These routes are also the main routes for public transport and it’s important that we do what we can to make sure public transport services can operate efficiently and give customers confidence their bus service is on time.
“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.”
The work is being funded as part of a £1million investment from the Welsh Government’s Local Transport Network Fund programme.
