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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10/06/2025
Isle of Anglesey County Council is consulting with the public on proposals for changing certain roads that are currently 20mph back to 30mph.
The consultation runs from Friday 23 May until Friday 13 June 2025.
Your feedback on 20mph limit on Anglesey
Welsh Government announced their plans for reviewing 20mph speed limits on 23 April 2024. Isle of Anglesey County Council accepted public suggestions on which roads should:
- change from 20mph to 30mph
- change from 30mph to 20mph#
- stay at 20mph
What happens next
Streets and roads where 30mph were not suitable under the revised guidance will remain at the default speed limit of 20mph. The council has produced a traffic regulation order (TRO) proposal for any street or road where the revised guidance suggests a 30mph speed limit could be suitable.
This is a legal process that must be followed when there is a change a speed limit.
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05/06/2025
Monday 9 June marks the beginning of National Blood Donor Week, a week when awareness is raised of the lifesaving importance of blood donation to encourage those who have never donated to give it a go.
These donations play a vital role in saving lives each day by supporting a range of treatments, from helping recovering accident victims and patients with blood cancers to supporting mothers and new-born babies during childbirth.
The Welsh Blood Service supports 19 hospitals across the country and relies on donations from blood, platelet and bone marrow donors to support patients in need.
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04/06/2025
Carmarthenshire County Council has sought the views of residents, businesses and road users on its proposal to undertake improvement works on the reconfiguration of the A484 Sandy Road/Maes Y Coed junction in Llanelli.
The revised proposals presented by Carmarthenshire County Council and AtkinsRéalis have been developed through close collaboration with Welsh Government and are a result of many years of iteration.
The proposals have been through multiple stages of design review, based on traffic modelling, technical assessment and public consultation, with the key aim of maximising impact on congestion whilst minimising land take and impact on surrounding residents.
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