Road Closure Notice - Castle Yard

The demolition of the former Castle Cinema will be commencing immediately after the Christmas/New Year holiday and is expected to take several months.

Demolition is taking place as a precursor to redevelopment of the site as part of the wider Town Centre Regeneration Programme and is being undertaken by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council's Corporate Estates and Physical Regeneration teams.

In order to provide safe working space for the demolition and access for contractors vehicles, Castle Yard will be closed to through traffic whilst the work is undertaken. Access will be preserved to the BT Depot which lies off Castle Yard.

As a result of the closure, all traffic entering and leaving the Civic Centre Car Park, the Crown Court building, Abermorlais Car Park and the main Castle Car Park will have to travel via Glebeland Place.

Disruption and delay at peak times is expected, particularly at the junction with Castle Street. All users should take note and be prepared to allow extra time for their journeys particularly in the afternoon peak period.

The demolition may also require the selective closure of Pontmorlais to allow certain operations to proceed in safety. Any planned closures of Pontmorlais will be limited to Sundays in order to minimise traffic disruption along the one way section of carriageway.

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council regrets any inevitable disruption but the closure is essential to permit safe and timely demolition.

Siop y Ganolfan - www.siopyganolfan.co.uk

Trefechan Communities First - Visit to Opera and Christmas Arts

Thanks to funding from the Heads for Arts Programme and Trefechan Communities First Partnership, local community members have benefited from christmas arts train the trainer session. This passes on skills to key community members which they can then pass onto local community groups and residents. Representatives from Sandbrook House, Trefechan Nursery School, Communities First Partnership and Youth Club were in attendance at the event.

Thanks to partnership working with the Welsh national Opera and Trefechan Communities First Partnership local residents from Trefechan have been to see a dress rehearsal of the Magic Flute at the Wales Millenium Centre. Many residents had never previously had the opportunity to see an opera before and all enjoyed the performance.

Police Pool and Darts Competition

Trefechan Communities First Partnership, Youth Service and South Wales Police have been running a pool and darts competition as a diversionary project to encourage young people into the youth club and build positive relationships between young people and the police.
Winners will be presented with their medals and trophies in the new year.

Preventing Problem Parkers - Civil Parking Enforcement

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is applying to take over the enforcement of parking restrictions with the key aim of targeting traffic congestion, road safety and general nuisance caused by inconsiderate motorists.

The council already carries out parking enforcement in its off street car parks and it is intended that this will be extended to on street parking borough wide.
If approval is given by the Welsh Assembly Government the council will be able to issue fines to anyone parking irresponsibly.

The council is seeking public views on the plans and the closing date for comments is the 28th February 2011.

Please send all comments:
By Post to Civil Parking Enforcment Civic Centre Castle Street
By email - parking@merthyr.gov.uk
by phone - 01685 725354/725282
online - www.merthyr.gov.uk
in person at the parking services reception, civic centre, castle street