Section of the Cowbridge rat run

Image: © Mick Lobb Taken: 11 Dec 2009

This is a section of the 'road' between St Athan and Llantwit Major to Cowbridge. For much of its length it reduces to a single lane flow with passing places. It is a country road so such inconvenience has to be expected but as small rural communities expand and ever increasing demands to locate industrial sites in such areas increase traffic, so the risks escalate. More countryside is then lost to roads, if local councils can afford them, to meet these needs. The criteria to meet the need is largely established by determining how many have been killed on a particular route before such improvements come about however.

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