07/08/2025
Residents of Merthyr Tydfil are being urged to report off-road vehicles in a bid to crack down on anti-social behaviour.
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is working in partnership with South Wales Police, Merthyr Tydfil Housing Association and Merthyr Valley Homes to raise awareness and ask for support from members of the community to share intelligence.
Councillor Declan Sammon, Cabinet Member for Transformation, Governance & Social Partnership, said: “Off-road biking is an issue faced in many areas, especially during the summer months, and here in Merthyr Tydfil we are no different. We regularly receive reports of nuisance off-road vehicles being driven recklessly, which is causing damage to our local environment, ruining our beautiful green spaces and causing a risk to pedestrians and other road users.
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04/08/2025
The Welsh Government wants views on the draft learner travel operational guidance 2025.
Consultation description
This consultation seeks views on the draft second edition of the Learner Travel Operational Guidance.
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28/07/2025
Eyesight tests and road safety checks were conducted in Flint recently as part of a road safety operation carried out by officers from the Roads Crime Unit. Op Eyesight, which was held at the Fire Station on Coast Road, checked vehicles for roadworthiness and that the eyesight of the driver reached a required standard.
All drivers must be able to read a legal, clean registration plate from 20 metres in daylight conditions. Fortunately, of the 79 drivers stopped, all passed their eyesight test with no issues and the majority continued their journey within a couple of minutes.
However, despite positive eyesight results, several TORs (Traffic Offence Report) were handed out to drivers for offences including:
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21/07/2025
More than 1,500 Year 6 pupils from primary schools across Neath Port Talbot took part in this year’s Crucial Crew event, held over two weeks at the scenic Margam Country Park.
Now in its 30th year, Crucial Crew continues to play a vital role in preparing young people for the challenges and dangers they may face in everyday life. The event delivers a series of interactive workshops designed to help pupils:
- Become more aware of personal safety
- Learn how to react in dangerous situations
- Avoid becoming victims of crime
- Understand the role of emergency service
- The event is organised annually by Neath Port Talbot Council’s Community Safety Team. Crucial Crew is one of their flagship initiatives, helping to educate the next generation with essential safety knowledge.
- This year’s event featured workshops from a wide range of organisations, covering topics such as first aid, fire safety, healthy relationships, road safety, and more.
Participating organisations included:
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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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