Author: Rhys Gregory

A Closure Order has been granted on a property owned by Caerphilly County Borough Council in the Pontlottyn area, to tackle persistent anti-social behaviour and criminal activity. Officers from the Council’s Tenancy Enforcement Section worked in partnership with Gwent Police and local residents to make the application to Court for the Closure Order. A three-month Closure Order was granted at Newport Magistrates Court on Thursday 15th July 2021 and will remain in force until 14th October 2021.  This means that during this period the property is no longer accessible to anyone, including the tenant.  The tenant is being supported by…

RCT Council is reminding residents of the upcoming work in Abercynon which requires the B4275 at Ynysmeurig Bridge to close – with temporary local bus arrangements also coming into effect when the scheme starts on Wednesday. During June, the Council gave advanced notice of the work, which requires a road closure of the main road and a significant diversion route for motorists and bus users. The indicative start date of Wednesday, July 21,has now been confirmed, and contractor Walters UK Ltd will be on site for six weeks until September 1, scheduled in the school summer holiday to minimise disruption.…

RCT Council has now completed all work to deliver streetlighting and footway improvements throughout Ynysangharad War Memorial Park in Pontypridd, using significant Valleys Regional Park funding. Works have progressed throughout 2021 to deliver the £1.199m investment in the much-loved Pontypridd park – using £1.185m from Welsh Government via the Valleys Regional Park, and a £14,000 contribution from the Council. The funding package has enabled the Council to deliver a full refurbishment of all the main footways across the park, as well as the smaller paths. It has also enabled installation of upgraded LED streetlighting via new lighting columns, in order…

Proposals are underway to deliver new build schools for Cantonian High School, Riverbank School and Woodlands High School on a shared site in Fairwater and members of the public are asked to share their views on the future of the joint educational campus. The engagement process will provide an opportunity for people to share their ideas about the benefits and opportunities that are presented by the new campus and feedback will be considered in the development of its vision and how the schools will work best for the communities they serve. The survey will also ask what parents think should…

Close to £1 million of funding for a project that will see a new urban forest created across Cardiff has been secured by Cardiff Council. The ‘Coed Caerdydd’ (Cardiff Forest) project, a major part of the council’s One Planet Cardiff response to the climate emergency, has secured more than £753,000 of funding through the Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government. This new funding will be used in tandem with £228,000 of previously announced funding from Coed Cadw/The Woodland Trust in Wales’s, Emergency…

British Food delivery company Deliveroo has announced its early launch in Blackwood this week. This means that locals can now order food from a range of restaurants and grocery retailers in the local area. Deliveroo is an app and website that enables Brits to check out the very best local food in their area. The British company has seen great success and is now available in 12 different markets across the world. Deliveroo works with both the best independent restaurants like Brunchies Pengnam and Glitz & Glam Newport, well-known high street favourites like  KFC, Costa Coffee and Papa John’s, as…

Work on the second phase of an active travel route in the Pencoed area is set to start next week. As part of the £580,000 scheme, existing networks in Pencoed will be connected at Felindre Road with the installation of a three-metre wide footway/cycleway. This section completes the missing link between Felindre Road to the east of Pencoed Cemetery, and the existing network in Pencoed that goes as far as Felindre Roundabout/Pencoed Technology Park. The network will also be connected to Ty Merchant and Penprysg. This will see a new footway/cycleway created on both sides of Penybont Road, a new…

Caerphilly County Borough’s new £755,000 athletics hub opens to the public later this month. The new Caerphilly County Borough Council Athletics Hub is located on the school fields at Rhiw Syr Dafydd Primary School and opened to community athletics clubs on the 1st July and opens for wider community use on Monday 26th July. This facility has been 100% funded by the Welsh Government Community Hub grant. The new synthetic athletics track will be the first of its kind in Caerphilly County Borough and will allow residents to train all year round on the durable surface. As well as featuring…

Angharad Jones, a teacher at Pontllanfraith Primary School has been asked to feature on S4C after amazing people with her Welsh language skills. Angharad has been learning the language for a year via ‘Cymraeg Mewn Blwyddyn’ (Welsh in a Year) through the Sabbatical Scheme, which is available through the University of Wales. She has shared her progress on Twitter through video’s which have received copious amounts of praise and positive feedback, including from the likes of Welsh comedian Tudur Owen, who called her “inspiring”. On top of this, Angharad is also being interviewed as part of the ‘Gabin a’r Gymraeg’…

RCT Council will shortly undertake significant work to upgrade three drainage gullies on the A4059 between Mountain Ash and Abercynon – to give greater resilience at a low spot which has a history of flooding, including recently in Storm Dennis. The scheme includes converting the existing gully covers into larger units and the installation of six new 600mm gully chambers, which will be placed on a new carrier drain. The drain will be carried under the carriageway by using new manholes on either side of the road, transporting rainwater to the River Cynon which requires the construction of a new…