MORE than £360,000 is set to go on things like potholes, bins, and footpaths in Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT).
RCT is to get £362,000 from the Welsh Government’s Tidy Towns fund for repairs to potholes, installing dog waste and litter bins, and making footway improvements.
RCT also has plans to use this funding to renew signs and line markings, paint railings and bus shelters, and renew street furniture.
The Tidy Towns Fund includes £5m to be spent in communities across Wales via local councils.
Each council in Wales will receive a share of the new fund to carry out the work which could include general repairs to footpaths, replacing signs, refurbishing bus shelters and street furniture, removing litter, clearing fly-tipping and overgrown areas, and painting murals.
The fund will be provided alongside the Welsh Government’s existing £100m Transforming Towns programme which is designed to turn underused, empty, or run-down properties into businesses, housing, leisure facilities, commercial premises, or community facilities.
Council leader Andrew Morgan said: “The additional funding from the Welsh Labour Government means that we can carry out more small-scale and visible repairs on the things that residents care about in their local communities.”
The Tidy Towns Fund was announced at the Welsh Labour conference in June.
Jayne Bryant MS, Welsh Government cabinet secretary for housing and local government, said: “Tidy Towns will help restore pride of place and strengthen that sense of belonging and fulfilment that the places we call home bring our communities every day.”
