Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is issuing a stark warning to anyone who abuses the use of Blue Disabled Badges following the successful prosecution of THREE offenders last month. THREE people were caught wrongfully using Blue Badges across the County Borough, TWO of which were parked in the Council owned car park in Gas Road, Pontypridd…
Important maintenance work will take place at the Craig y Duffryn tip in Mountain Ash from next week, as vegetation clearance will reduce the risk of obstructions to the site drainage. Last year, the tip – located off the A4059 near Mountain Ash Comprehensive School – benefitted from a Welsh Government-funded scheme that created several on-site…
The Council will soon begin important road safety improvement works at a key location in Maerdy, around Station Road’s junction with Oxford Street – in response to the recent history of vehicle incidents at the pictured bend. The bend at the bottom of Maerdy Mountain leading to Maerdy Road has experienced a number of road…
Here we go again. RCT Council Leader Ann Crimmings has been down to Aberdare station, stood in front of a camera, and talked about extending passenger rail services from Aberdare through Trecynon to Hirwaun and Rhigos. Transport for Wales will be launching a public consultation soon. The council urges residents to have their say. Stop…
RCT Council and MP Chris Bryant are celebrating this week after announcing the appointment of an Independent Chair for the UK Government’s Pride in Place Programme in the Rhondda Fach. Theresa Thomas, former lecturer and manager of Rhondda Foodbank, has taken on the voluntary role and will lead a new Neighbourhood Board tasked with deciding…
Cast your minds back to January 2025. We asked on AberdareOnline where RCT Council’s 14 Dog Wardens and Community Wardens had disappeared to. We questioned whether the promised crackdown following complaints from Llantwit Fardre RFC — dogs running riot on their sports pitches — amounted to anything more than a strongly worded Facebook post and…
Businesses across Rhondda Cynon Taf are being urged to apply for Business Rates Relief after the council announced an increase in support available to eligible firms. RCT Council recently promoted its relief scheme on social media, encouraging cafés, restaurants, salons, hairdressers and shops to apply for support worth up to £625 this year. The council…
The Council is providing an update on the pictured footway closure in #Aberdare, near the entrance to Gadlys Pit Car Park, due to an unsafe wall. The path was originally closed on May 22 between the car park and East Avenue, and upon further inspection of the structure, the adjacent path to Gadlys Terrace will…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team have successfully carried out a massive, complex, and highly dangerous clean-up operation that has cleared a notorious “river of rubbish” from the steep slopes of the Bwlch Mountain. The risky joint operation had been in planning for months and the Council had to investigate…
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (RCTCBC) has effectively cancelled the Ferndale–Tylorstown bypass — a road that was part of the council’s own previously committed transport plan — and replaced it with an active travel footpath for cyclists and walkers. Residents are understandably frustrated, as this was a promised commitment that has now been quietly…
