Protest over Port Talbot M4 junction closure plans

Campaigners say more than 100 people have protested at the Senedd this lunchtime, over controversial plans to partially close an M4 junction in Port Talbot.

They handed in a petition with more than 22,000 signatures, opposing the plans for Junction 41 of the motorway.

Plans to close the junction were announced by the Welsh Government in March, as part of a trial to ease congestion.

Both the westbound on-slip and eastbound off-slip roads had been earmarked for trial closure, but last week it was announced that those plans had been altered and that a peak-time closure of the westbound on-slip only will be trialled from August.

The protesters oppose any closure, saying it will hit trade and worsen traffic problems in Port Talbot.