A council has defended much-criticised construction work which left town centre traders reeling from what they claimed were months of disruption. Officials have argued the town will benefit in the long-term from having a “top-class bus station”.
Work began to revamp Carmarthen bus station in the town’s Blue Street in April 2022. Initially shop owners, shoppers, and motorists were advised that there would be 12 weeks of disruption on the one-way street. However difficulties arose over the following months meaning that the work would ultimately take much longer than first anticipated. You can keep up to date with the latest Carmarthenshire news by signing up to the local newsletter here.
Just after Christmas traders complained that the footfall on the street had taken a hit due to the scale of the work, which has cost hundreds of thousands of pounds after Carmarthenshire Council secured a grant from the Welsh Government. Some claimed that access to their shops was denied to shoppers because of the scale of the work being carried out on their doorsteps – something which turned out to be more complicated than first thought due to underground cables and piping in the area.
