The closure of the 200-year-old Menai Suspension Bridge has left some NHS staff living on Anglesey facing a four-hour round trip to work, and has left residents terrified in case they need an ambulance. That was the warning from Arfon's Plaid Cymru MS Sian Gwenllian when the closure was discussed in the Senedd.
It was announced on Friday that the bridge had to be closed for essential maintenance work, with immediate effect, and it could be closed until early next year. The historic crossing has been closed to all traffic, following safety recommendations from structural engineers, it was announced.
Since then there have been long queues and delays, and the Welsh Government has been accused of causing "complete chaos". The Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters, was told the impact of the closure on North Wales was "completely unacceptable" by his Tory opposite number Natasha Asghar MS.
