Editing Port Talbot (section)

===M4 motorway===
The [[M4 motorway]] passes through the town from southeast to northwest, crossing a central area on a concrete viaduct, junctions 38 to 41 serve Port Talbot, with junctions 40 and 41 being in the commercial heart of the town. This busy urban stretch of the M4, with tight bends, two-lane carriageways, short narrow slip roads and concrete walls on both sides, was the first length of motorway in Wales when it opened to traffic in 1966.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iht.org/motorway/m4corbag.htm |title=The Motorway Archive. M4 in Wales – Coryton to Baglan |publisher=Iht.org |date=22 July 1966 |access-date=25 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821043142/http://www.iht.org/motorway/m4corbag.htm |archive-date=21 August 2009}}</ref> The road has a speed limit of {{convert|50|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} enforced with [[automatic number-plate recognition]] speed cameras in both directions. The stretch through Port Talbot town centre is a particular traffic congestion blackspot and there have been calls to close the slip roads at junctions 40 and 41 to improve traffic flow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/port-talbot/2007/11/22/end-road-chaos-by-closing-m4-slip-road-91466-20134914/|title='End road chaos by closing M4 slip road' – icWales |publisher=Icwales.icnetwork.co.uk |date=22 November 2007 |access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> However some commuters oppose this plan since it would add more time to their journey. A new [[dual carriageway]] relief road, the [[A4241 road|Port Talbot Peripheral Distribution Road]] (PDR),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/port-talbot/2008/07/10/top-award-for-new-port-talbot-road-91466-21303962/ |title=Top award for new Port Talbot road (2008) |publisher=walesonline.co.uk |date=10 July 2008 |access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> was completed in 2013. It serves as a [[distributor road]] through Port Talbot to the southwest of the M4, beginning at M4 Junction 38 and ending near Junction 41.