Trash mountain at former ‘Doctor Who’ set finally to be erased from time

By Bradley Stokes

Council chiefs have finally vowed to ‘exterminate’ a trash mountain which has built up for 20 years on a road where "Doctor Who" was once filmed.

Aerial photographs show the two-mile stretch of abandoned highway piled high with tires, broken furniture and trash bags filled with rotting food.

"It's horrendous," said local resident Brian Miles, 60.

“There are thousands upon thousands of tonnes of waste down there and it just grows. Nothing ever gets taken away."

The road in Coedkernew, Newport, Wales was built in the 1990s to provide access to a new mobile phone factory.

But the project was abandoned and the road has become a major illegal dumping - or fly-tipping- hotspot for two decades.

The road was built during the multi-million development of the Imperial Park when electronics firm LG set up its factory with promises of 6,100 jobs.

But when further development of the industrial park never went ahead the ‘road to nowhere’ was left abandoned.

An abandoned road where miles of trash has been dumped is finally set to be cleared after years of campaigning. (Tom Wren via SWNS)

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"As far as I'm aware it has never been used," Brian said.

"The only time I have ever seen it used is when the BBC filmed episodes of "Doctor Who."

"The rubbish isn’t just all over the road. If you go into the shrubland you will find lots more.”

But finally, Newport Council have vowed to clear the trash from the site, which has been overrun by huge rats and vermin.

Another resident, Gwen Evans, 73, said: “It’s a huge relief that finally, after all this time, the council are finally going to clean it up.

“There was a time you could see rats as big as house cats roaming the road looking for old food to eat. It was a health hazard.

“My only question to the council is why on earth it has taken so long to finally get round to cleaning it up?

“People living nearby would also like some kind of reassurance that it’s not just going to pile up again.”

In a recent crackdown on illegal dumping in the area, Bradley Robert Lynn, 23, and Connor Anthony Leighton Williams, 28, both pleaded guilty to an offense under the
Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Five fixed penalty notices have been previously issued, along with the seizure of two vehicles.

CCTV is to be installed by the council, as well as other security measures to help prevent further fly-tipping.