Swansea Barrage have arisen. Swansea Barrage The Swansea barrage (or the Tawe barrage) was completed in 1992 creating a new marina at the mouth of the River Tawe extending the leisure boat facilities already being offered by the old South Dock. The barrage structure includes a boat lock, spillway, fish pass and generator turbine. The turbine serves a dual use: acting as a power generator for the National Grid as well as being used to pump water back into the Tawe river system. The barrage scheme gave rise to a number of environmental concerns. Fish navigation up the river and dissolved oxygen
Swansea Bay Metro Swansea Bay Metro Swansea Bay Metro is a proposed railway enhancement around the Swansea Bay area of South Wales. The project could take up to 10 years to complete. The proposal would see a new line from to station via Swansea Bay, which would allow a 30-minute service between Cardiff and Swansea following the scrapping of plans for electrification between the two cities in July 2017. The project is estimated to cost £1 billion. The project could see reopening of the Neath Valley line through new stations at Neath Abbey, Jersey Marine, Neath and Aberdulais, an on-street connection from Swansea