HC Deb 10 July 1972 vol 840 c230W
Mr. Rowlands

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is his latest estimate of the number of passenger car units per 24 hours on the A470 within the Merthyr constituency; and what projections he has made of the increased amount of traffic on this road between now and the completion of the Cardiff-Merthyr trunk road.

Mr. Peter Thomas

A 16-hour count of traffic south of Pentrebach in August, 1969, recorded 14,032 passenger car units. Traffic at this point is currently increasing at about 0.4 per cent. per annum but traffic patterns may change when the new road between Tongwynlais and Abercynon is completed, and this is being investigated.