Roads, Travel & Parking
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- Storm Dennis brought prolonged and substantial rainfall from Saturday afternoon into Sunday. This caused a fair amount of flooding throughout the borough and the Met Office issued a red weather warning for South Wales.
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- Transport for Wales is reaching out to cardholders who haven't applied for their new bus pass yet and highlighting the importance of applying for a new card as soon as possible to continue to enjoy the benefits of concessionary travel...
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- Pass Plus Cymru is a course designed for anyone aged 17 -25 who has passed their driving test.
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- Kerbcraft is a Welsh Government and Torfaen CBC funded road safety scheme which teaches children how to be safer pedestrians, and we need your help.
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- Every 20 minutes, someone is killed or seriously injured on a British road. Each of these tragedies has a devastating effect on families and local communities.
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- With the schools returning this week, let's help dropping the children off a safe activity and not a dangerous one.
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- Since the council took over civil parking enforcement from Gwent Police (on July 1) 426 parking related tickets have been issued.
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- At the beginning of July our new civil parking and environmental enforcement officers were busy issuing warning parking tickets to raise awareness of civil parking enforcement (which came into action on 1 July). However, they are now formally issuing fines (known as Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs)) to those who have been ignoring parking signs and lines, and issuing fines for environmental crimes such as littering.
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- On Monday 8 July the council are going to permanently raise the bollards at the entrance to Commercial Street from the Hanbury Road approach to the town centre.
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- With less than a week to go until the council takes over CPE what does it actually mean?
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- A former businessman from Brynmawr has been found guilty of two offences relating to the unlawful disposal of commercial waste in the World Heritage site, Blaenavon.
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- A major programme of works to improve the Union Street/Broad Street junction in the centre of Abersychan will start on Monday 8 October
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- Bookings are now being taken for the last few Bike Safe courses for 2018.
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- This year's Mic Morris Torfaen 10k, held on Sunday 16 September in aid of the Mic Morris Trust, will take place on a fully closed-road route.
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- The closure of the canal tow path between Panteg and Pontnewydd in Cwmbran will be extended to 21 November 2018.
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- Please find an update from Welsh Government below in relation to modifications to the layout of the Rechem roundabout completed overnight.
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- Torfaen council has welcomed a contribution of almost £50,000 from Welsh Government towards the costs of dealing with the heavy snow in March 2018.
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- Young drivers aged 17-25, who have already passed their test, can learn extra driving skills with Pass Plus Cymru.
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- Many residents have raised concerns about the on-going works on the A4042 Cwmbran 'Rechem' Roundabout. Please find an update from Welsh Government.
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- Torfaen council's play workers and play volunteers have come together to enhance subways in Cwmbran for the benefit of local children.
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- A drop-in exhibition for residents to view plans for improvement works to the junction of Union Street and Broad Street in Abersychan is taking place on Wednesday 14 March from 12pm until 7pm at Noddfa Baptist Church.
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- A section of the canal tow path between Panteg and Pontnewydd in Cwmbran will be closed from Sunday 18 February for a number of months.
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- Sections of Trosnant Street will be closed to through traffic the week commencing Monday 29 January.
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- A drop-in session for residents and other stakeholders to view proposals for improvements at Pontypool and New Inn Railway Station is taking place at St Mary's church hall in Panteg between 10am and 7pm on Wednesday 24 January.
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- A section of Station Road and Avondale Road in Griffithstown will be closed for one day on Sunday 21 January to allow the safe installation of a new footbridge between Station Road and Avondale Road.
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- Welsh Government in conjunction with Taylor Wimpey UK Ltd will be upgrading the A4042 Cwmbran 'Rechem' Roundabout south of Pontypool starting on Monday 8 January. Works are expected to take 12 weeks and to be finished by Sunday 1 April 2018.
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- A drop-in session for residents and other stakeholders to view proposals for improvements at Pontypool and New Inn Railway Station is taking place at St Mary's church hall in Panteg between 10am and 7pm on Monday 11 December.
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- Preparations for the winter weather are underway in Torfaen.
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- A project to restore a derelict stretch of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal at Ty Coch in Cwmbran has been recognised with a national award.
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- Torfaen council is inviting residents of Blaenavon to have their say on future walking and cycling routes in the area.
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- Release fees for vehicles parked after closing hours in a number of Torfaen car parks will be introduced from Monday 5 June.
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- On Saturday 20 May over 80 countries across the globe will be celebrating 'World Metrology Day' and with transport playing such a key role in the modern world, this years theme is measurements of transport, World Metrology Day is celebrated every year and commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the Metre Convention in 1875.
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- Torfaen council is asking residents to comment on a draft map of active travel routes in the borough.
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- Torfaen residents can contribute to the council's active travel plans, at Ponthir Village Hall on Tuesday 28 March from 3pm until 7pm.
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- Gwent Police, working with Torfaen council's licensing team, are cracking down on drivers parked illegally in the taxi rank in Pontypool.
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- Torfaen council has published a list of Active Travel routes in the borough designed to allow residents to make journeys to work and school, and to access local shops and businesses, by walking or cycling.
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- Torfaen council is prepared for winter with a stock of 5300 tonnes of salt, a fleet of nine gritters, and a standby work force ready to react to changing conditions 24 hours a day.
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- An innovative cycle route that completes a missing link between Torfaen and the Heads of the Valleys cycle network has been formally opened.
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- The Tour of Britain cycling race takes place on Thursday 8 September and will see some of the world's best cyclists, including Sir Bradley Wiggins, pass through Torfaen.
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- The Civic Centre car park on Glantorfaen Road in Pontypool town centre will close in the evenings in a bid to reduce antisocial behaviour.
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- A young driver from Cwmbran is the lucky winner of £250 from Pass Plus Cymru after taking an advanced driving course to improve her skills.
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- Almost half of all school children aged 10 and 11 in Torfaen have admitted to not wearing a seat belt when travelling by car.
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- Residents in Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent have a new number to call for information about concessionary bus passes.
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- Bookings are now being taken for the latest series of Gwent Bike Safe courses, designed to help motorcyclists stay safe on the roads.
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- Portakabin will be delivering the final temporary accommodation block to Coed Eva School on Saturday 27 February between 8am and 10am.
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- The 140km route for Velothon Wales 2016 has been revealed, with three months to go until the country's biggest cycling sportive.
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- The countdown is on to Wales' biggest cycling sportive with just 100 days to go until Velothon Wales 2016 on Sunday 22nd May.
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- Torfaen council is prepared for the drop in temperatures this week.
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- Torfaen council has published a plan that sets out how it will manage flood risks in the borough for the next six years.
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- This winter police will be targeting drivers who risk their lives and the lives of others by driving whilst under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
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- The council is working with Gwent Police after receiving complaints regarding vehicles parking on Llantarnam Industrial Park, particularly Lake View and William Brown Close and the nearby residential areas of Cory Park and John Fielding Close between the hours of 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday.
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- Traders in Pontypool town centre have painted the walk ways in Riverside car park in order to improve the welcome visitors to receive to the town.
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- Young people in Torfaen aged 16, 17 and 18 can take advantage of discounted bus travel thanks to a new Welsh Government initiative.
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- Gwent Police have seized three motor vehicles and chased off hundreds of illegal off-roaders from beauty spots across Gwent as part of a targeted operation.
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- Torfaen council has been granted around £700,000 in funding from Welsh Government to improve walking and cycling routes in the borough.
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- Two men have been fined £100 each by Gwent Police for illegally off-roading in the Blaenavon World Heritage landscape.
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- An innovative new cycle route that completes the missing link between Torfaen and the Heads of the Valleys cycle network is under construction in Blaenavon.
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- Parents and carers of children returning to school next week are reminded that there are changes to the school crossing patrol service.
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- A new cycle and walking route that connects communities in Torfaen, and links to the Wales' National Cycle Network, was officially opened today by the Minister for Natural Resources, Culture and Sport, John Griffiths.
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- Aaron Brute's Bridge in Blaenavon has received the Special Award for Heritage at the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) Wales Cymru Awards 2014.
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- Torfaen council has completed the final stages of a review into school crossing patrols to ensure that the current service provision accurately reflects the demand for the service.
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- Due to vandalism at Riverside car park in Pontypool, the car park will be without a working lift for approximately five weeks.
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- Work is under way to install two brand new lifts at the Riverside multi storey car park in Pontypool.
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- Torfaen council has concluded a review of school crossing patrols in the county borough to ensure that its current service provision accurately reflects the needs of residents.
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- Torfaen council's new MOT test centre, based at its depot in Ty Blaen, New Inn, is now taking bookings before officially opening its doors to the public on Monday (17 February).
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- Torfaen council has a new recruit, as it gears up to the opening of its new MOT station in February
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- Torfaen council has bought three new gritters to help it deal with the cold winter weather and any problems it causes
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- The works to one of Torfaen's busiest traffic routes, have been completed on schedule and will reduce journey times for motorists on the A472
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- A group of Pontypool pupils visited a £700,000 road improvement scheme on Thursday 8 October, to learn more about civil engineering.
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- A grant of more than £60,000 will be used to improve cycling and pedestrian access along the main route between Pontypool and Abersychan.
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- Work has started on a new cycling and walking route that will connect Chapel Lane in Croesyceiliog to Cwmbran Boating Lake.
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- The School Crossing Patrol service is celebrating its Diamond Anniversary during 2013.
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- Torfaen's cycle network is bigger than ever with the launch of another section through the Albion playing fields in Pontypool.
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- A new car park for Pontypool town centre opened today (Monday, May 13).
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- The improvement works to Pontypool town centre have been shortlisted for a major national award.
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- Torfaen council has approved a proposal that means all future street names in the borough will be evenly split between men and women.
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- While Torfaen staff have been spreading grit a special guest has been spreading the word on how the council operates during the extreme winter weather.
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- Torfaen council's cabinet has approved proposals to build a new car park to provide more than 200 extra spaces in Pontypool town centre.
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- Plans announced that could bring hundreds of extra car parking spaces to Pontypool town centre
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- More than £200k will be spent on creating new community links in Torfaen.
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- Torfaen council's cabinet has approved proposals to switch on hundreds of streetlights without increasing energy costs or carbon emissions.
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- Pontypool town centre is changing and this your chance to get involved. The improvement works in George Street include public art work.
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- A number of construction projects that took place throughout Torfaen in the last 12 months have been shortlisted for national awards.
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- Torfaen council has recently undertaken work to remove and safeguard the historically important Aaron Brute's bridge in the Blaenavon World Heritage Site.
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- Work to change the retail heart of Pontypool town centre will start next week. The works, which are part of a package of £10m regeneration measures planned for the town and the wider Pontypool area, will take part in three phases.
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