VISITORS to the Newport City Council-run household waste recycling centre on Docks Way will soon use a new road layout, as a scheme to improve access nears completion.

The direction of traffic around the site is being reversed.

The changes will mean visitors who want to take items to the Reuse Shop on the site can turn left at the entrance, instead of having to drive through the site and past the recycling skips.

The road inside the site has also been extended to allow more room for vehicles. This should reduce the number of drivers having to queue on the roads approaching the recycling centre.

Wastesavers, Newport City Council’s charitable trust partner, has its main Reuse Centre on Telford Street, just off Newport's Corporation Road, along with two others –the one inside the HWRC site on Docks Way, and at The Shed in Llantrisant.

These centres rely on the goodwill of people donating their unwanted, quality household goods, which can then be upcycled and sold on.

Councillor Roger Jeavons, cabinet member for Streetscene, said: “The changes mean residents who want to donate items to the recycling shop won’t have to queue as if they were putting items in the skips. Instead they can drive straight to the shop.

“We are extending the road inside the site too so this will hopefully cut down on the number of vehicles queuing on the approach road.

“We believe these changes will create a better environment and help both staff and customers."