Trade fears over bypass
Shops and businesses in a Mid Wales town could suffer if the Welsh Assembly builds a bypass to keep heavy traffic out of the town centre, residents have claimed.
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Rhayader is struggling to cope with heavy traffic flowing along the A470, which runs from Cardiff to Llandudno.
The Welsh Assembly has published plans for a bypass around the town in its Trunk Road Forward Work Programme.
The scheme is ranked highly in the programme, but further studies are needed before work can begin, probably after April 2010.
But traders in the town have raised concerns that bypassing Rhayader altogether will harm their businesses and threaten the economy.
