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The A48 Trunk Road (Cross Hands Roundabout to Pont Abraham Roundabout, Cwmgwili, Carmarthenshire) (Derestriction) Order 2026
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Welsh Statutory Instruments
2026 No. 45
ROAD TRAFFIC, WALES
The A48 Trunk Road (Cross Hands Roundabout to Pont Abraham Roundabout, Cwmgwili, Carmarthenshire) (Derestriction) Order 2026
Made
12 February 2026
Coming into force
17 February 2026
The Welsh Ministers, as traffic authority for the relevant length of the A48 trunk road, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 82(2) and 83(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984(1), make this Order.
The Welsh Ministers have given public notice of their intention to make this Order in accordance with section 83(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
Title and commencement
1. The title of this Order is the A48 Trunk Road (Cross Hands Roundabout to Pont Abraham Roundabout, Cwmgwili, Carmarthenshire) (Derestriction) Order 2026 and this Order comes into force on 17 February 2026.
Interpretation
2. In this Order—
“the trunk road” (“y gefnffordd”) means the A48 London to Fishguard trunk road.
Derestriction
3. Those lengths of the A48 trunk road that extend from Cross Hands Roundabout to Pont Abraham Roundabout, Cwmgwili, Carmarthenshire, as specified in the Schedule to this Order, shall cease to be a restricted road for the purposes of section 81 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
Signed on behalf of the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, one of the Welsh Ministers.
Nicci Hunter
Business Team Leader
Welsh Government
12 February 2026
Schedule
The length of the northbound and southbound carriageways of the A48 trunk road that extend from a point located 632 metres north of its junction with Heol Y Deri, Cwmgwili, to a point located 213 metres south of the said junction.
(1)
1984 c. 27. By virtue of S.I. 1999/672, and section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), these powers are now exercisable by the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales.
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