Native name | Asiant Cefnffyrdd De Cymru (Welsh) |
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Formerly | South Wales Trunk Road Agency |
Company type | Welsh Government agency |
Industry | Trunk road agent (Highway authority) |
Founded | 1 April 2006 |
Headquarters | Llandarcy House The Courtyard Skewen Neath |
Area served | |
Key people | Richard Jones[1] (Head of Service) |
Owner | Welsh Government |
Number of employees | 124 (2015)[1] |
Website | traffic |
The South Wales Trunk Road Agent (SWTRA; Welsh: Asiant Cefnffyrdd De Cymru) is one of the two trunk road agents in Wales. It is responsible for managing motorways and trunk roads in South Wales on behalf of the Welsh Government. Established on 1 April 2006 as the South Wales Trunk Road Agency, and renamed to its current name on 1 April 2012. The agent manages the motorways and trunk roads in the fourteen principal areas of the south of Wales, from the Severn Bridge in the east to Milford Haven in the west. The remainder of Wales is managed by the North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent.