THE controversial Trinity Street one-way system will be scrapped by the Vale council, after just one in five people showed support for the arrangement.

The decision to end the one-way system came after the results of a public consultation showed the vast majority of people did not want it to be made permanent.

Just one in five residents approved of the system which was introduced on a temporary basis in April.

Of the 312 residents who responded to the consultation 18 per cent were in favour of the trial arrangements being made permanent and 82 per cent were against.

The trial saw a split one-way system implemented with traffic channelled one-way north from Montgomery Road to Jenner Road and one-way south from Montgomery Road to High Street.

As a result of the feedback received the trial scheme will now be ended "as soon as is practicable" and discussions will now begin with local councillors on other ways by which traffic management issues on Trinity Street may be addressed.

Plaid Cymru councillor Ian Johnson said: “It is always disappointing when a trial does not work, but that is the point of the trial.

"The consultation showed that the overwhelming majority of respondents were against the scheme, while traffic flows showed an unacceptable level of increased traffic going past local schools and parks.

“Many people also expressed safety concerns at drivers ignoring the one-way signs on the street.

“Quite simply, the effect of the trial, which impacts on large parts of the west of Barry, is out of proportion to the concerns raised about Trinity Street.

"Many of these problems were anticipated by local residents in the public meeting I organised back in February and they were proved right.

“The council must now go back and solve the original traffic problems on Trinity Street - preventing damage to local residents’ cars and speeding down the hill.”