| Ddisgrifiad / Description | Workers outside the works entrance in Llandudno Junction. The men are on strike for higher wages as some of them are having to travel from as far afield as Ireland and to earn the money that they need to live here and send home to their families, some of them are having to work near constant double shifts. Some of the workers say that Costain promised to pay higher bonuses which have never materialised.
Work started on the Conwy crossing in November 1986. Construction was undertaken by the Costain Tarmac joint venture. The work was supervised for the Welsh Office by Travers Morgan and Partners, Consulting Engineers, who were in association with Christiani and Nielsen A/S. The tunnel forms part of the A55 North Wales coast road between Glan Conwy and Conwy Morfa, a total length of about 6 kilometres. From a junction at Glan Conwy, the route connects with a link road to Llandudno Junction, before passing under the causeway which carries the Chester to Holyhead Railway and the existing A55.
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