When Ray Stevens opens the front door of the property he has lived in for 43 years, he is met with mounds of rubble, half-finished buildings and fences adorned with 'warning' and 'danger' signs. The view from his back door? Exactly the same. For two years Ray and his wife - along with a handful of pensioners - have lived in the middle of a construction site.
But for the last 15 months, no work has been happening on what is supposed to be the Glanffrwd development in Ebbw Vale. The project should have seen 27 social housing properties created. Instead, in July 2021 contractors WRW Construction went into administration. Workers downed tools and left the estate, with residents watching on wondering 'what now?'
Now, despite being assured work would restart in October, residents living around the abandoned wreckage - the majority of them in their 70s and 80s - are still none the wiser on what is happening. They say nobody from Tai Calon who is managing the site has visited in months and they've had little to no communication about the future of the development.
