Burry Port 'speed humps' success
There's a love 'em or hate 'em relationship with Burry Port residents and their 63 speed humps. It has been a year since the town-wide scheme of 20mph zones and traffic calming was introduced. Accidents have been all but eliminated. There have been two in 13-months where there were five between 2003 and 2008. At a post scheme monitoring public meeting some residents attending asked for humps to be removed and an equal number for more humps to be installed. Forty-eight attended Burry Port Memorial Hall with residents of Elkington Road asking for the number of humps in their street to be reduced. However, residents in Heol Vaughan and Sea View Terrace were demanding they have them installed. Overall there was a balanced view for and against the humps for those to attended exhibition. Analysis has revealed that speeds on roads in Burry Port has been reduced by a third since the introduction of humps. One resident Kathryn Evans, of Stepney Road said: "I would like to see f...