Wheels in motion to extend cycle route
Monday 05 March 2018
Work to extend the National Cycle Network Route 885 into Bridgend town centre along Brewery Lane and Angel Street has begun in earnest this week.
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Drop-in session announced for £3m town beach project
Friday 16 February 2018
As work begins on the lower prom of Porthcawl’s town beach, a drop-in information session has been arranged to keep residents and visitors up to date with the £3m scheme.
Jennings Building in the running for national award
Thursday 15 February 2018
The transformation of the Jennings Building at Porthcawl’s seafront has been shortlisted for a major national award by the Royal Town Planning Institute.
Cycle route improvements in Bridgend town centre
Friday 02 February 2018
Work is underway to make Bridgend town centre even more bike-friendly. The national cycle route NCN 885, which runs from Sarn to Bridgend, is being extended along Brewery Lane to Angel Street so that it joins the safe route that connects to Newbridge Fields, Broadlands, Cefn Glas and Laleston.
£6.5m awarded for UK’s first large scale mine-water energy project
Friday 19 January 2018
A multi-million-pound initiative to catapult Caerau, near Maesteg, to the cutting edge of the UK’s green energy revolution by using water that has filled underground mine workings as a geothermal source of energy has been awarded £6.5m EU funds, Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, announced today.
Bridgend town centre looking up following completion of landmark Rhiw Development
Friday 12 January 2018
A multi-million-pound project aimed at kick-starting the regeneration of Bridgend town centre has been officially opened by Rebecca Evans AM, the Minister for Housing and Regeneration.