Plans for the main section of a cycle path along Carmarthenshire's Towy Valley have been approved, although the easternmost section to Llandeilo has been dropped. A planning officer told members of the council's planning committee that the short stretch between Ffairfach and Llandeilo was being omitted because of a proposed road bypass.
The Towy Valley Path has always been billed as linking Carmarthen with Llandeilo, but it will stop around a kilometre short. A Llandeilo bypass has been talked about for years and is being looked into by the Welsh Government, although no firm details have emerged as yet.
Parts of the Towy Valley Path's western section, which starts at Abergwili on the outskirts of Carmarthen, have been built. The new planning approval is for a longer, 14km stretch between Whitemill and Ffairfach. The planning officer said it would cross a number of farms but that all existing accesses would be retained. Disruption during construction, he said, would be kept to a minimum.
