CCBC costs and cutting

[SteveH]

Great Orme gritting proposal hits the skids despite 'chaos' fears
Conwy Council's cabinet said the plan would cost too much

Conwy Council's cabinet threw out a call from Llandudno councillors to grit the Great Orme as a first-priority route during cold weather, despite fears elderly people could be stranded. Two weeks ago, councillors Louise Emery, Mandy Hawkins and Harry Saville signed a petition calling for the cash-strapped council to grit the Orme?s Ty Gwyn Road.

The petition was discussed at a scrutiny committee meeting at Bodlondeb and was debated again this week by Conwy?s cabinet who threw out the idea as a "waste of taxpayers? money". According to councillors Emery, Hawkins and Saville, the steep Ty Gwyn Road becomes hazardous in icy conditions and residents are left isolated.

cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/great-orme-gritting-proposal-hits-28969214?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589

[Hugo]

That could be a grave mistake if the CCBC does not grit the Great Orme and it's on a bus route too.    In the photo I've attached the single storey property on the right has been hit by cars a number of times during Winter conditions.    The last time it was hit by a car there was a big crack down the front of the building and the tenant had to be evacuated as the building was deemed unsafe.
At that point in Ty Gwyn Road the slope in the road means that in icy conditions the vehicles would slide in that direction towards that building and to Old Road.   Bollards have since been placed in front of that property to stop any cars crashing in to it in the future

[Cambrian]

Hugo, if we still had Llandudno UDC, it would be done.  You can see the arguments - because we can't do all the rural lanes (don't many folk have tractors ?) we won't do Llandudno!!  I seem to remember one of the criteria for gritting was whether or not the road was served by a bus route.  That seems to have been quietly dropped - the route of the 26 (same bus) in residential areas is not gritted.

[Hugo]

You are quite right Cambrian about the Llandudno UDC but now the CCBC Councillors seem to work in cliques but why don't the Llandudno Councillors speak up and look after the town's interests.
Prevention is better than damage or injury to a person or property.     I'll give one very tragic incident as an example and that was on the road from Abergele to Rhuddlan some years ago.   Cyclists from Rhyl set out for a ride one Winter's day and the road was not gritted and a car skidded on the ice and killed four of the cyclists.    No one ever wants a repeat of that tragic day

I've just attached an old link of the Llandudno floods to show the section of road that is dangerous if ungritted in Winter.   Water finds its natural way and in this case it's down Old Road

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlIJ3vmlcP4

[SteveH]

Cash-strapped Conwy County Council is seeking to cut costs and close its town regeneration programmes whilst streamlining staff hours.

After increasing council tax by 9.9% and slashing front-line service budgets, including 5% from schools, Conwy is now planning to cut its town regeneration programmes.

The council committed to transforming Llandudno, Abergele, and Llanrwst town centres in July 2021 following COVID after hailing the BayLife Initiative regeneration project as a success.

The BayLife scheme was later renamed Colwyn Bay Town Centre Regeneration Programme, in line with the other three towns? schemes.

But Conwy will now seek to merge and streamline the work of the four programmes as part of local area forums, reducing the number of meetings and the duplication of work and making ?more effective use of staff resources?

The various regeneration programmes have focused on housing regeneration schemes, tourism and culture-led regeneration projects, and attracting businesses and workers.

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