Brynglas Tunnel shut

[blue matt]

so today I set off to see my mum in Barry, leave the house at 9, get to Newport the Tunnel is closed, took me just under 4 hours to get to Barry, on the way home, the other sides shut, so a 4 and 1/4 hour trip home

Of course next weekend is the Jacks game and I believe they are doing work on the tunnel again

any other route to avoid Newport ? ? ? and Coldra roundabout

Chepstow, A466

Usk

pontypool

Blackwood

Ponypridd

Taffs Well

But is that detour too big and will take too long

any other routes ? ?

[BLUETIT]

Re: Brynglas Tunnel shut

I gotta mate with a boat

[Cleve van Leef]

Re: Brynglas Tunnel shut

so today I set off to see my mum in Barry, leave the house at 9, get to Newport the Tunnel is closed, took me just under 4 hours to get to Barry, on the way home, the other sides shut, so a 4 and 1/4 hour trip home

Of course next weekend is the Jacks game and I believe they are doing work on the tunnel again

any other route to avoid Newport ? ? ? and Coldra roundabout

Chepstow, A466

Usk

pontypool

Blackwood

Ponypridd

Taffs Well

But is that detour too big and will take too long

any other routes ? ?

Going West - come off at junction 25 take slip road to Cwmbrân then follow signs to M4 get back on jct. 26

Going East - come off jct 26 follow signs to Caerleon get back on at jct 25. Simple.

[JumpersforGoalposts]

Re: Brynglas Tunnel shut

so today I set off to see my mum in Barry, leave the house at 9, get to Newport the Tunnel is closed, took me just under 4 hours to get to Barry, on the way home, the other sides shut, so a 4 and 1/4 hour trip home

Of course next weekend is the Jacks game and I believe they are doing work on the tunnel again

any other route to avoid Newport ? ? ? and Coldra roundabout

Chepstow, A466

Usk

pontypool

Blackwood

Ponypridd

Taffs Well

But is that detour too big and will take too long

any other routes ? ?

Thanks for the heads up, that is one massive pain in the proverbial.
Might give this game a miss!

[IanD]

Re: Brynglas Tunnel shut

Going West - come off at junction 25 take slip road to Cwmbrân then follow signs to M4 get back on jct. 26

Going East - come off jct 26 follow signs to Caerleon get back on at jct 25. Simple.

Depends on how far the traffic is backed up westbound. I've come off at J24 (when we finally got there), A48 (straightforward and not too much traffic even on a Saturday), back on M4 at J28 Tredegar Park. Or off at Magor, south of Llanwern then pick up A48/J28 if traffic is backed up miles.

[blue matt]

Re: Brynglas Tunnel shut

Going West - come off at junction 25 take slip road to Cwmbrân then follow signs to M4 get back on jct. 26

Going East - come off jct 26 follow signs to Caerleon get back on at jct 25. Simple.

many thanks :thumbup:

the gov.wales site says the M4 is shut between junctions 24 and 28

not sure if thats true, as I blindly followed the detour signs at 5 mph in 30C heat

on a plus note, the transporter bridge in Newport looks decent, ive never seen it :thumbup:

[blue matt]

Re: Brynglas Tunnel shut

I gotta mate with a boat

:thumbup:

im even looking at trains

[The Bloop]

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Amazes me that they always seem to close both tunnels at the same time. Can't they just close one and have 2way traffic in the other?

[bluesp]

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Went to Chepstow this morning around 8.30 and straight through quickly. On the way back mid afternoon as well as the roadworks westbound both sides were shut due to an incident. Luckily we weren’t one of the vehicles stuck on the m4 and not able to move. Took a good 90 plus minutes to get back to Cardiff. I try and avoid the m4 around newport late afternoon weekdays definitely

[Cleve van Leef]

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many thanks :thumbup:

the gov.wales site says the M4 is shut between junctions 24 and 28

not sure if thats true, as I blindly followed the detour signs at 5 mph in 30C heat

on a plus note, the transporter bridge in Newport looks decent, ive never seen it :thumbup:

Drakeford and his cronies have completely lost the plot. Travelling between junction 30 and 24 during peak times is a nightmare and to not build the relief road around the tunnels is a disgrace. His answer to all this is 20mph speed limits. The mind boggles.

[Cleve van Leef]

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Amazes me that they always seem to close both tunnels at the same time. Can't they just close one and have 2way traffic in the other?

No, they can’t

[Vindec]

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No, they can’t

They did in around 1972 when I was involved in checking the tunnel lighting following a fatality in the tunnels.

[Cleve van Leef]

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They did in around 1972 when I was involved in checking the tunnel lighting following a fatality in the tunnels.

Yes they did then, but now they can’t because of safety reasons and access.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Drakeford and his cronies have completely lost the plot. Travelling between junction 30 and 24 during peak times is a nightmare and to not build the relief road around the tunnels is a disgrace. His answer to all this is 20mph speed limits. The mind boggles.

While nobody would describe me as a tree-hugger or particularly eco-friendly, I'm also aware of the damage that mankind has done to our planet.

The damage a relief road would have done to the infrastructure of the important Newport wetlands was considerable. I know most people don't give a shit about things like this, unfortunately.

Near me there's a community wetlands that are raising money to buy the land for the community. It's quite popular in our locality, not just with visitors, twitchers etc, but also with wildlife, where rare birds and others have been spotted. Iolo Williams was there filming recently and he was surprised how much wildlife was there. Protecting wildlife, when numbers are in decline as we take up more and more land, is important. If there was ever talk of destroying it in order to put a road there to ease congestion, there would be uproar.

[Armitage Shanks]

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Drakeford wasted millions on what could have been a productive review in relation to the relief road. But him and that cretin Lee Walters had their heads in the sand and wouldn't even entertain the idea.