Author: Rhys Gregory

he Council will begin work on a major scheme to improve Tonypandy Town Centre for the benefit of businesses and visitors – including the removal of the pedestrianised area to allow through traffic. The scheme will begin from Monday, June 18, and is scheduled for completion during Autumn 2018. The significant works will revoke the current pedestrianised zone at Dunraven Street, constructing a carriageway to accommodate one-way traffic through the town centre in a northern direction. The works will include the construction of new footways, traffic calming features, pedestrian crossing points, street furniture and parking bays – which will transform…

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A Swansea business is recycling thousands of tons of Kingsway road surface for new use in the city’s regeneration. Family-owned Stenor West has six trucks taking concrete slabs from the city centre route to its Fforestfach base. There, it is broken down into hardcore, some of which may form foundations for the Kingsway’s new pedestrian footways being laid this year as part of Swansea Council’s £12m scheme to make the route significantly more people-friendly. Council leader Rob Stewart said: “The Kingsway and Orchard Street will soon be a fabulous green artery for the city, with an urban park replacing two…

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