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| Police, landlords and students are warning of a serious injury or death unless a city road is shut to traffic on Wednesday nights. | Police, landlords and students are warning of a serious injury or death unless a city road is shut to traffic on Wednesday nights. |
| Swansea's Wind Street hosts one of the busiest nights in the city with about 4,500 students and others using its pubs and clubs. | |
| It is closed to traffic from 1900 GMT on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. | It is closed to traffic from 1900 GMT on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. |
| The possibility of closing the street every night is to be discussed but it could cost £10,000 a year. | The possibility of closing the street every night is to be discussed but it could cost £10,000 a year. |
| The plan is also expected to attract opposition from traders. | The plan is also expected to attract opposition from traders. |
| A previous request by South Wales Police was refused but cabinet members are being advised to back the move in principle. | A previous request by South Wales Police was refused but cabinet members are being advised to back the move in principle. |
| In a letter, Chief Insp Wyn Rees said: "The evening is extremely popular with the student community. If closures are not implemented, injuries are all but inevitable Safer Swansea Partnership | In a letter, Chief Insp Wyn Rees said: "The evening is extremely popular with the student community. If closures are not implemented, injuries are all but inevitable Safer Swansea Partnership |
| "The absence of a road closure on this day has huge implications for public safety." | "The absence of a road closure on this day has huge implications for public safety." |
| The Safer Swansea Partnership said that from viewing CCTV footage of the street, "near-misses" were a "common occurrence". | The Safer Swansea Partnership said that from viewing CCTV footage of the street, "near-misses" were a "common occurrence". |
| "If closures are not implemented, injuries are all but inevitable," it added. | "If closures are not implemented, injuries are all but inevitable," it added. |
| Richard Lancaster, general manager of Swansea Students' Union, said Wednesday nights regularly attracted over 4,500 students and non-students to Wind Street and were busier than Thursdays or Fridays. | Richard Lancaster, general manager of Swansea Students' Union, said Wednesday nights regularly attracted over 4,500 students and non-students to Wind Street and were busier than Thursdays or Fridays. |
| He said the street had become "really quite dangerous" with many revellers assuming it was closed to traffic like the weekends. | He said the street had become "really quite dangerous" with many revellers assuming it was closed to traffic like the weekends. |
| The cabinet meets on Thursday with a recommendation that it agrees in principle to closing Wind Street every night between 1900 and 0600 GMT. | |
| There would first need to be a public consultation, with officers warning some shops on Wind Street may object. | There would first need to be a public consultation, with officers warning some shops on Wind Street may object. |
| Some other cities in Wales have had to close roads on busy nights. | Some other cities in Wales have had to close roads on busy nights. |
| Greyfriars Road in Cardiff city centre has for some time been closed on Fridays and Saturdays and that has now been expanded to include Mondays and Thursdays. | Greyfriars Road in Cardiff city centre has for some time been closed on Fridays and Saturdays and that has now been expanded to include Mondays and Thursdays. |
| From this weekend, Cardiff council will also shut St John Street - which is near the junction of Queen Street, Duke Street and Castle Street - each Sunday to all traffic. | From this weekend, Cardiff council will also shut St John Street - which is near the junction of Queen Street, Duke Street and Castle Street - each Sunday to all traffic. |