user: Article: It is understood the county council is negotiating with land owners near the new Carmarthen west link road.
Persimmon Homes said the council "had to cease work on the road" while discussions continued.
Carmarthenshire council has refused to confirm why the work has stopped on the road, which is west of Carmarthen.
BBC Wales understands Alun Griffiths (Contractors) Ltd, has not been on site at the junction near the A40 at Travellers Rest for several months.
The council maintains the work will be completed by 2018.
Executive board member for environment Hazel Evans said: "Work has reached staged completion on the road in line with the programme. We are completing works on car park areas currently.
"We have licence to work on the route whilst negotiations are finalised on a part of the land."
The new road will improve access to key employment sites at St David's Park, the University of Wales Trinity St David and Coleg Sir Gar and serve the new S4C headquarters Yr Egin.
The Welsh Government contributed Â£1.3m towards the cost of the road, with further support from the University of Wales, Trinity St David.
A new junction at Jobswell Road was completed in October as part of the project and was described by the council as the "first phase of the Â£5m Carmarthen west link road" but no mention of phasing the construction was made in the original planning document.
A spokesman for Persimmon Homes said it remained "committed to its significant development in Carmarthen west and to meeting its obligations for infrastructure investment".
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Summarize: Work has stalled on a Carmarthenshire link road which will connect 1,000 homes and S4C's new headquarters, BBC Wales has learned.


Article: About 7,000 INTO members in some 800 schools across Northern Ireland did not start work until 12:30 GMT.
Some schools were closed for the morning, others the entire day, while schools with relatively few INTO members operated as normal.
Schools informed parents and pupils of any potential disruption.
Education Minister Peter Weir previously said he was "disappointed" by the move, adding that it was not in "the interests of the children, schools or teachers themselves".
In October, all five main teaching unions in Northern Ireland rejected an offer which saw their pay frozen in 2015/16 and a rise of 1% in 2016/17.
NASUWT members in Belfast and Newtownabbey staged a one-day strike on 30 November 2016.
On 31 January, teachers belonging to the NASUWT in Derry City, Strabane, Mid Ulster, Fermanagh and Omagh council areas will strike.
However, members of the the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and Ulster Teachers Union (UTU) voted against stoppages.
Four out of every five INTO members who voted in a union ballot backed strike action, on a turnout of 40%.
The union's northern secretary, Gerry Murphy, said their strike showed the strength of feeling among teachers about pay.
"We have consistently made it clear that we have been available for further talks with the minister for education and the employing authorities," he said.
"However, in spite of our ongoing efforts, teachers have yet again been snubbed by the government and it's time those in power on the hill start listening to the people of Northern Ireland."
But Education Authority Chief Executive Gavin Boyd, who represents the teaching employers, said they were "extremely disappointed" by the INTO action.
"It is difficult to see what can be achieved by this action other than a loss of pay by teachers and disruption for schools, pupils and parents," he said.
"The employers remain committed to engaging in intensive negotiations to attempt to resolve issues connected with industrial action.
"In this context, we urge the teaching unions to end all industrial action and to commit fully to negotiations as agreed."
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Summarize: Teachers belonging to the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) have staged a half-day strike in a dispute over pay.


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The 19-year-old has made 12 appearances and scored four tries for Saints in his breakthrough season for the club.
Forwards coach Dorian West and fly-half Stephen Myler says Mallinder Jr fully deserves his chance in the first team.
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Summarize: Northampton Saints fly-half Harry Mallinder speaks to BBC Look East about what it is like to play under his father Jim, the club's director of rugby.


Article: Homeland Security chief John Kelly said the "change in trends" was a result of Donald Trump's tough policies.
The president has signed an executive order for an "impassable physical barrier" on the US-Mexico border and issued new guidance on deportations.
The measures have been condemned by Mexico as "hostile" and "unacceptable".
An estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants live in the US, many from Mexico.
Mr Kelly said on Wednesday that the number of "inadmissible persons" crossing the US-Mexico border had dropped this year from 31,578 to 18,762 in January to February - a period when the number of arrests of illegal immigrants normally increases.
"Since the administration's implementation of executive orders to enforce immigration laws, apprehensions and inadmissible activity is trending toward the lowest monthly total in at least the last five years," he said.
New rules announced by Mr Trump's administration last month included plans to send undocumented people to Mexico, even if they are not Mexicans, and expand the criteria for immediate deportations.
The government said the new guidelines would not usher in mass deportations, but were designed to empower agents to enforce laws already on the books.
Mr Trump has also ordered  a wall be built on the Mexican border and insisted Mexico will pay for it, despite its repeated refusals.
The president made immigration and border control a key part of his election campaign, promising to protect Americans from "bad dudes".
Meanwhile, his revised travel ban, signed on Monday, barring people from six mainly Muslim countries has faced its first legal challenge from the state of Hawaii.
State lawyers have asked for an emergency block on the order, saying the measure will harm its residents, businesses and schools.
Mr Trump's previous order was halted by the US federal courts amid concerns that it unfairly targeted Muslims. It caused chaos at airports and mass protests.
Although the revised measure removed some of the more controversial language on religious minorities, Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin said it still constituted a "Muslim ban" due to the countries involved and past statements from the administration.
The directive, which includes a 120-day ban on all refugees, takes effect on 16 March.
Citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, the other six countries on the original 27 January order, will once more be subject to a 90-day travel ban.
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assistant: The number of illegal immigrants crossing into the US from Mexico went down by 40% from January to February, according to the US government.