Rhondds Cynon Taf Council has provided 20 new bus shelters along a key bus route from funding allocated by the Welsh Goverment. The new bus shelters between Porth, Tonyrefail and Gilfach Goch have been completed using major funding from Welsh Government’s Local Transport Fund allocated for 2022/23, as well as a 10% Council contribution.
The £480,000 investment has provided improvements to the waiting environment for passengers, such as building new shelters at 20 locations, as well as various other bus stop improvements across 108 locations, ranging from resurfacing and white lining to new signage. The improvments were delivered across the electoral wards of Cymer, Tonyrefail East, Tonyrefail West and Gilfach Goch.
Councillor Andrew Morgan, leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and cabinet member for infrastructure and investment, said: “The Council has carried out improvements across more than 100 local bus stops on the Porth-Tonyrefail-Gilfach Goch Strategic Bus Corridor over the past year. We welcomed significant funding from Welsh Government to enable these works, which amount to a joint investment of almost half a million pounds in total.
