The A40 dual carriageway passes between Monmouth’s town centre and the River Wye, carrying traffic from the M50 and Ross-on-Wye down to the A449 and Newport. Maintenance on that road, together with the A466 through the Wye valley, accounts for a good share of local sweeping, as do the industrial units and newer housing along Wonastow Road on the south-western side of the town.
Monmouth stands at the meeting of the Wye and the Monnow and has flooded more than once in recent years. When water recedes it leaves silt on roads, car parks and yards, and a sweeper is often part of the clean-up. Outside the town the work is mostly rural: farm, forestry and quarry traffic on country roads.
Monmouth and the lower Wye valley
Enquiries for Monmouth normally extend to Wyesham, Overmonnow, Rockfield and Mitchel Troy, and south-west to Raglan where the A40 meets the A449. This is a rural area some distance from the larger operator bases around Newport and Hereford, so travel time is a factor and a booked full shift tends to make more sense than a short visit.