A TARGET of building 4,700 new homes in a Gwent borough over 15 years could take a further six years than planned.
Author - Twm Owen
Local Democracy Reporter
FEARS have been raised over the future of a project to tackle illegal off roading in Gwent’s uplands as funding is due to run out next year.
PLANS to develop supported accommodation on the site of a residential home forced to close due to care failings have been welcomed.
A ONE-metre strip of grassland along a popular footpath is cut every 10 days during the summer despite a plan to reduce mowing.
A COUNCIL leader has refused to say when upgrades to secondary schools could be carried out as he can’t “promise money that doesn’t exist”.
MORE waste across Torfaen is being recycled which the council’s leader has said will help avoid reducing the frequency of rubbish collections.
A FAILURE to carry out promised repairs to the boardwalk at Cwmbran’s Boating Lake has led to an apology from a senior councillor.
TALKS are still taking place with a potential new operator that could take over an older people’s home which will close in December.
A NEW councillor will be elected this week to fill the vacancy on Monmouthshire County Council after Catherine Fookes was elected to Parliament.
A GWENT council has reduced its total carbon emissions by 28 per cent in four years but says it still has work to do.
