A Public Rights of Way project undertaken in Ceredigion. CEREDIGION’S public rights of way are looking for contractors to manage and maintain the paths for all to enjoy. Managing and maintaining the county’s network of public rights of way relies in part on a team of external contractors. Ceredigion County Council are currently re-establishing the framework for this type of work. The local authority are looking for experienced and qualified contractors with a range of skills and expertise to take on tasks to maintain the paths. The tasks include undertaking path surfacing/drainage, erect bridges, install gates/steps/stiles/fencing, manage vegetation and more.
SIGNIFICANT savings will be made by reducing funding for the flexible, bookable cross county buses but the service will stay the same, a cabinet member assured. A £32,000 reduction in Bwcabws funding is identified as a saving in the highways and environmental service budget and concerns were raised about its impact at Friday’s (February 19) thriving communities overview and scrutiny committee. The committee was discussing the budgets of this service and the economy and regeneration service’s £34,000 savings target which will be met by “vacancy drag and some restructuring.” Cabinet member for highways Cllr Dafydd Edwards said it was “good timing” that Ceredigion County Council’s contribution to the community bus service was lower this year, reducing from £105,000 to £73,000.
FREE emergency oil spill kits will be provided to respond quickly to any accident along the Cardigan Bay coast. The Cardigan Bay Fisheries Local Action Group (FLAG), which is administered by Ceredigion County Council, has announced a new project, which will provide free oil spill kits along the Cardigan Bay coast, from St Dogmaels to Tresaith, Aberporth to Llangrannog, New Quay to Aberystwyth, and Borth to Barmouth. Over recent decades, there has been an increase in oil production, transportation and consumption. The environmental impacts of oil spills include ecological alteration, physical smothering of organisms, chemical toxicity and loss of habitats or shelter through clean-up processes.