Work is continuing at pace to deliver further flood alleviation measures across Rhondda Cynon Taf communities, through a taxpayers’ joint £6 million investment with Welsh Government that covers the current financial year, 2025/26. This is on top of the more than £30 million taxpayers’ investment that has helped improve culverts and other drainage infrastructure since…
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council proposed to extend and modify their existing community centre in Penderyn, including single storey extensions at the front and rear of the property and an expansion of the sloped car park facilities. Our integrated assessment methodology, combining thorough historical research with targeted intrusive investigation ensured all critical geotechnical and…
We’re reviewing our Disabled Persons Parking Bay (DPPB) Scheme, and we want to hear from you! Have you applied for a bay before – successfully or not? Your feedback is vital to help us improve the scheme and make it clearer and more accessible to residents. The consultation opens on July 14 The consultation closes…
Calls for a dedicated community facility in Aberaman have once again been dismissed by Rhondda Cynon Taf Council, leaving residents frustrated and questioning why their area remains overlooked compared to neighbouring communities. Despite being one of the largest wards in the Cynon Valley, Aberaman has no council-recognised community centre, hub, or hall. Decades after the…
Mountain Ash, Cynon Valley. The controversial junction on the A4059 in Newtown, Mountain Ash continues to be a flashpoint for road safety concerns, with local residents and road users calling for urgent changes to the current traffic light and lane layout. As it emerges that there was another accident at this junction on Saturday The…
The Council has made a legal order to update the Definitive Map and Statement, which is the official record of public rights of way in the Cynon Valley area. This update adds three public footpaths in Aberdare—Footpaths 69, 70, and 71—to the official map. These are now legally recognized public paths, and their routes, lengths,…
Residents in Treorchy may notice survey work being undertaken from next week, as part of the development of the major Treorchy Flood Alleviation Scheme. The future multi-million pound programme will invest in more flood alleviation measures for the community – to improve local infrastructure and increase the level of flood protection. Further information about the…
From September, students in Rhondda Cynon Taf will face changes to school transport. Free buses will end for many living 3+ miles from school. Instead, they’ll have to walk or pay £1 each way. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1211655150190004 £1 fares and £3 day passes will help young people travel for work, college, and leisure across Wales.But it won’t…
Greetings from the Save the School Transport RCT group Due to the school transport changing September 2025. We as a campaign will be arranging the following; On Tuesday 9th September 2025, we have asked all students in RCT and surrounding countys, to leave their homes at 8am to travel to their place of education. This…
The reclassified Cwmbach coal tip above is slowly slipping into the adjoining watercourse. Last month, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced £118m in her spending review to “keep coal tips safe in Wales” a sum that many have described as inadequate. Rhondda Cynon Taf has the highest number of the most hazardous coal tips in Wales. These tips…
