16/07/2025
A national #Fatal5 road safety campaign is running throughout July, as North Wales Police supports Operation Spotlight.
The four week-long campaign, led by the NPCC (National Police Chief’s Council) sees officers across the country carrying out a combination of enforcement activity as well as engagement and educational work aimed at raising awareness of the most common and dangerous road behaviours – the Fatal 5.
Diving whilst under the influence of drink and/or drugs, speeding, using a mobile phone at the wheel, not wearing a seatbelt and careless /dangerous driving make up the #Fatal5 and North Wales Police has a robust strategy around enforcing these offences.
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11/07/2025
For motorcyclists there’s nothing better than a ride on a beautifully sunny day! But how many bikers realise the potential hazards of dehydration?
It’s something that can be easily overlooked, but not keeping hydrated can cause loss of concentration, headaches, muscle fatigue, drowsiness and nausea; all of which can contribute to a collision risk.
Rhys John-Howes, Chair of Road Safety Wales, provides motorcyclists with a few essential tips for riding during a heatwave:
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10/07/2025
Young people aged 16 to 21 will be able to ride on buses across Wales for just £1 from September.
Single fares will cost just £1 and there will be £3 day passes available too. It will allow young people to enjoy unlimited travel with any participating bus services from 1 September for a year.
The Welsh Government will extend the scheme to 5 to 15-year-olds from November. Existing reduced fares for children will apply until then.
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09/07/2025
Ensuring buses and trains provide a practical and affordable alternative to travelling by car is a key priority for the South West Wales regional transport plan.
The priority was identified during consultation on a draft regional transport plan that's set to cover Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire and Swansea.
Close to 900 people gave their feedback on the draft plan, which is aimed at creating a more reliable, connected and accessible transport network throughout the region, allowing residents to access essential services, education and employment while unlocking economic activity in South West Wales.
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02/07/2025
Denbighshire County Council will commence a major Welsh Government funded road maintenance programme this year.
The work across the county which will be spread over two years will be funded by a Welsh Government Local Government Borrowing Initiative (LGBI) to enable the programme to start.
This programme identified schemes for both 2025/26 and 2026/27 based on the total allocation of £4,780,699 for the two-year period from the Welsh Government.
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26/06/2025
The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales Ken Skates today visited one of the first roads to benefit, the A548 in Conwy County between Abergele and Llangernyw.
The local government borrowing initiative provides an extra £10m of revenue funding to local councils to enable them to unlock an additional £120m over two years of capital funding to accelerate the process of fixing our local roads and pavements.
The funding boost will see an extra 600km of the local road network resurfaced this financial year. Roads that are most in need of repairs will be renewed, with over 200,000 thousand potholes fixed and prevented, and pavements repaired in local authorities across Wales.
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20/06/2025
Torfaen Council is updating its Active Travel Network Map (ATNM) - and wants to hear from you!
Under the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013, all local authorities in Wales must regularly review and improve their walking, wheeling and cycling routes. The current map was approved by the Welsh Government in 2022, and now it’s time to reflect the changes and improvements made over the past three years.
What’s Being Updated?
The updated map will include:
- Existing Routes: These are routes that meet Welsh Government standards for walking, wheeling or cycling (or all three).
- Future Routes: These are proposed routes that either don’t yet exist or need improvements to meet the required standards.
Your Feedback is Needed
This is the first stage of public engagement, and your input is essential. Whether you walk, wheel, cycle, or simply care about better travel options in Torfaen, they want your ideas on how to improve the network.
Drop-in and meet the team, ask questions and take part. They’ll be at:
- Pontypool Market – Wednesday 25 June (10am-2.30pm)
- Blaenavon World Heritage Day – Saturday 28 June (throughout the day)
- Blaenavon World Heritage Centre – Friday 11 July (10am-2.30pm)
- Party in the Park, Pontypool - Saturday 12 July (throughout the day)
- Cwmbran Library – Thursday 17 July (10-2.30pm)
How to take part Click on this link to the DataMap Wales website to take part.
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19/06/2025
Even though we often can’t see it, air pollution is linked to a range of health problems at every stage of our lives – from premature birth and effects on organ development in childhood, through to causing heart and lung disease, diabetes and strokes in adulthood.
By cleaning up our air, we can all benefit from immediate and lasting health improvements, and help ensure that future generations can live happier, healthier lives.
This #CleanAirDay, find out more about how air pollution harms our health and what we can all do to protect ourselves.
www.cleanairhub.org.uk
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16/06/2025
Plans by the Welsh Government to trial new road markings on a major road in Powys to reduce collisions involving motorcyclists have been welcomed by the county council.
The markings, called Perceptual Rider Information for Maximising Expertise and Enjoyment (PRIMEs), are designed to help riders make better decisions when approaching bends. Powys County Council has welcomed the Welsh Government's decision to trial the road markings at two sites following a formal request from the council earlier this year.
The trials will take place on the A483 at:
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13/06/2025
One of the UK’s largest and most technically challenging road projects has officially opened, completing the £2 billion Heads of the Valleys Road upgrade programme helping to deliver better transport and fix our roads. The final phase of the Welsh Government funded upgrade programme, which was designed to deliver prosperity to some of the most deprived areas in Wales, has already created 2,200 new jobs across the country with almost a half of those employed living in the local area and coming from a disadvantaged or long-term unemployed background.
The £1.4 billion Section 5&6 – Dowlais to Hirwaun final phase is helping to connect communities by linking the Valleys, South and West Wales to the English Midlands and beyond together with ports serving Irish and other European destinations. As well as improving the resilience of the South Wales trunk road network, the road provides a vital link across the top of the South Wales valleys for the Metro project improving links to the Cardiff and Swansea Bay City Regions.
This has been achieved by delivering:
17.7km of new dual carriageway
6km of new sideroads
more than 14km of active travel routes
38 culverts (a structure that channels water past an obstacle),32 new bridges and 28 new retaining walls
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