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INFRASTRUCTURE projects in Carmarthenshire like new schools and a new Llanelli Leisure Centre are expected to cost £127 million in 2021-22. The county council will fund £63.8 million of this sum, if capital spending proposals are approved, through borrowing, the sale of land and buildings, reserves and grants. The capital budget proposals include £13.9 million of council funding towards a leisure centre at the planned Pentre Awel wellness and life science complex at Delta Lakes, Llanelli, and £2.3 million for the refurbishment of Llandeilo Market Hall. There is £2.45 million for upgrades of two council buildings – Carmarthen’s County Hall and Llanelli’s Ty Elwyn – £860,000 for the revamp of the Oriel Myrddin gallery, Carmarthen, and £300,000 to realign the eroded coast path at Morfa Bacas, Bynea.
SCHOOLS would get the same amount of money in real terms in 2021-22 as they do this year and an extra £1 million would go to support businesses if Carmarthenshire Council’s budget is approved, while council tax would be 4.48 per cent higher. Executive board members have agreed a raft of proposals, including the deferral of almost half of previously agreed savings, which will now go out for consultation. The proposed council tax rise was meant to be 4.89 per cent, but it is now 4.48 per cent following an amendment by council leader Emlyn Dole at a meeting on January 18. This reduction was what residents “rightly deserve”, said Cllr Dole, given the disruption of the coronavirus crisis.
SCHOOLS would get the same amount of money in real terms in 2021-22 as they do this year and an extra £1 million would go to support businesses if Carmarthenshire Council’s budget is approved, while council tax would be 4.48 per cent higher. Executive board members have agreed a raft of proposals, including the deferral of almost half of previously agreed savings, which will now go out for consultation. The proposed council tax rise was meant to be 4.89 per cent, but it is now 4.48 per cent following an amendment by council leader Emlyn Dole at a meeting on January 18. This reduction was what residents “rightly deserve”, said Cllr Dole, given the disruption of the coronavirus crisis.
It will allow quality digital services to be delivered over wireless or fixed line networks. For businesses this may result in more opportunities and higher productivity. It should accelerate innovation in how health and education services are delivered. Householders, especially those in rural areas, should have faster access to all things digital. Ultimately it’s about growing the economy, creating jobs and improving what’s referred to as digital inclusion. The digital infrastructure project for Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire will now go for final approval to the Welsh and UK Governments. Introducing the project at a meeting of the Swansea Bay City Region joint committee – comprising local public and private sector representatives – programme manager Gareth Jones said it was basically a five-year investment in connectivity.