CAMPAGINERS are celebrating after Swansea Council announced that a through road will be reopened after being shut for more than a year.
The section of Trewyddfa Road has been closed to through traffic between Salem Road and Mynydd Garnllwyd Road since November 2009, following a landslide.
Residents of nearby Llewelyn Park Drive, Windermere Crescent, and Ullswater Crescent formed The Keep Trewyddfa Road Open (KTO) group in the summer.
The group, which attracted 300 members, said while the road needed repairs, it should be kept open for traffic as its closure was causing problems for traffic in various parts of Morriston.
Now the council has decided it is safe enough to reopen the road after engineers came up with a solution which falls within the approved �250,000 budget available for the project.
Member of the KTO group, Elaine Rees, said the opening was a victory for local democracy.
Mrs Rees, 62, said: "We are very pleased with the decision as long as they keep their promise — we are delighted.
"It just goes to prove if you have something to fight for, people should get together and try and get things up and running.
"If people hadn't got together and tried I don't think this decision would have happened.
"The road is not just used by people who live in Llewelyn Park drive, but by people accessing other areas of Morriston as well.
"Since the road has been shut there has been bottlenecking at the Caersalem lights, and Morrffydd Street has also had horrendous problems with traffic from Bishop Vaughan School.
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"We have sent thank you letters to everyone who has supported the group and would like to say thank you again."
Fellow member of the KTO group, Jillian Watters, said: "We are very pleased with the result.
"The council has told us that once the work is finished the road will be open to two ways of traffic and buses will be able to use the road as well.
"We are hopeful they will begin work on the road later this month and that it will take about 20 weeks to complete. We will be keeping an eye on them to make sure the work does get started and completed.
"If the work isn't done, we will just start the campaign again."
John Hague, Cabinet Member for the Environment, said: "Our concerns have always been the safety of residents and motorists using Trewyddfa Road, and that's why we closed it following the landslide.
"Since then we have looked at every option available and our priority is to get the road reopened so residents in the area are not inconvenienced any further.
"I'm delighted we have been able to come up with a solution which allows the road to reopen to two-way traffic."
robert.goodman@swwmedia.co.uk
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