Overview
- Monmouthshire County Council says the January 30 landslip between Cwmyoy and Llanthony continues to deteriorate, creating a serious risk to public safety.
- Specialist inspections on February 2 and 3 recorded substantial movement and a vertical edge beside the carriageway, with the tarmac potentially hiding further collapse.
- The council has erected barriers, is coordinating essential services, and has begun investigation, monitoring and design work toward a safe engineered solution.
- Residents report being effectively cut off, with ambulances and fire services detouring via Hay-on-Wye and journeys to A&E taking up to two hours.
- Locals describe widespread disruption to farming, school transport, deliveries and businesses, with some resorting to risky crossings when barriers were opened to bring in essentials.