The Welsh government has announced nearly £17m in transport grants – just under £5m of which will be spent on repairing damage caused by storms at the start of this year.
All local authorities in Wales were invited to submit applications for funding and 21 applications were received from 13 local authorities.
The £16.9m Resilient Roads Fund will support 18 schemes across 13 local authorities across the country, and will be spent on initiatives to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change, including addressing disruptions caused on Wales’ highway network by severe weather.
This includes over £6m to construct a further section of the Old Colwyn coastal defence scheme, which will protect the highway and active travel route from adverse weather.
Some £2.5m will be invested in mid and southwest Wales, including £400,000 to develop a long-term sustainable solution in Pembrokeshire to the A487 at Newgale.
Furthermore, over £4.9m will be spent on work to repair and future-proof key transport routes across Caerphilly and Rhondda Cynon Taf, where local communities were affected by the storms earlier this year.
Wales’ transport minister Ken Skates said: “This fund will help local authorities pay for much needed work.
“The grants are a substantial investment to support long-term sustainable economic growth and recovery from the effects of the storms, enhance public transport facilities, and improve routes that will encourage more people in Wales to walk and cycle.”
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