Caernarfon bypass: What it means for our holiday home owners
Berthlwyd Hall Holiday Park - July 30th 2021
Many of our holiday home owners and North Wales tourists – particularly those on our Coed Helen site in Caernarfon – will be all too familiar with the scenario that play out on Friday night/Sunday evening all too well.
Bags are packed, car is loaded up and the journey down the a55 goes by without a hitch (if a little busy). You’re down the home straight and just a couple of miles to go before you pull into Coed Helen… and all of a sudden traffic through Caernarfon town stops you in your tracks.
And it’s not just our Coed Helen owners – it’s a pain for locals and other holiday makers looking to go beyond Caernarfon towards the Llyn Peninsula. It’s also not just on Friday and Saturday, the queues can strike mid-week during rush hours.
The solution of a bypass has been a long time coming and something locals and holidaymakers have been united in wanting for a long time.
Caernarfon bypass background
The Welsh Government project was started in early 2019 and is set to be opened in early 2022. The project will cost £135million and is part of a wider plan to improve main routes into North Wales – another sizable project is currently taking place on the a55 near Abergwyngregyn.
In the words of the Welsh Government, the bypass is aiming to improve:
· Growing traffic volumes which cause congestion and increases journey times
· road infrastructure which provides a poor connection to Bangor and the A55 which hinders economic development
· noise and air pollution which affects the quality of life residents
On schedule for next year
The project is currently on schedule, so visitors of North Wales and Coed Helen should be reaping the benefits of this investment as early as next Spring!
Video footage of progress
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