The route then continues in a south easterly direction along Afan Way, serving the Sandfields housing estate to the southwest and the Baglan Industrial Park and Neath Port Talbot Hospital to the northeast.

[3][4] The route of the A4241 provides access to land that is available for development and also removes local traffic from the M4 which is approaching full capacity around Port Talbot.

The development of this stage involved the purchase of private land, including business premises which needed to be demolished.

Traffic calming measures were introduced to Water Street (the existing well used thoroughfare between central Port Talbot and Sandfields) to encourage use of the new route.

[6] Environmental works will be carried out to discourage motorists from using the stretch of the A48 through the built up residential areas of Taibach and Margam and to use the new route instead.