Residents living opposite a building deemed unsafe claim the property has posed a risk to pedestrians and motorists on the road for months. People living in flats above shops in Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydfil, were stunned on Friday, March 11, when they received a knock on the door from council officers telling them to pack quickly and leave their homes.
Kerry Keightley and her husband Marek Ksiazek are two of a handful of people who live above the shops and they said they thought construction workers hadn’t realised they were there while working on the old YMCA building on the day. You can recap the situation here.
Work had just started on the building which has been earmarked for offices for years but those working on the building realised the top section of the structure posed a risk to people below and decided an urgent road closure was required. The road was closed at 1.30pm and emergency services including fire and rescue and the police were called while those in the immediate area were told to leave.
