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A three-week traffic study will provide an up-to-date picture of how vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists move around the town and will help inform future transport planning and investment decisions. 

As part of the work, temporary cameras and other survey equipment will be installed at selected locations around the town centre to record traffic movements and travel patterns. The equipment will allow specialists to better understand how the transport network is operating and how people travel around the area. 

Information gathered during the study will be used to build a stronger evidence base to assess issues such as congestion, journey time reliability, network resilience and the potential impact of future transport improvements, development projects and regeneration investment. 

Cabinet Member for Strategic Planning, Transport and Connectivity, Cllr Wyndham Fryer Griffiths said: “Traffic studies are routinely carried out across the county borough as part of the council's ongoing transport planning work. However, due to the scale of this study, some of the temporary equipment may be more noticeable than usual. 

“We would like to reassure road users that all survey equipment will be temporary and will remain in place only for the period required to collect the necessary information. No road closures are expected, and the surveys are designed to have minimal impact on people travelling through the area. 

“This work is not intended to identify individual people or vehicles. It will help us to gain a better understanding of overall travel patterns and network usage around Neath”.

The study is funded by the Welsh Government through the Regional Transport Fund 2026/27 and is being undertaken on behalf of Neath Port Talbot Council by specialist survey consultants. 

For more information on the study, visit: www.npt.gov.uk/neath-traffic-study