A last minute reprieve has been granted to a £2.3m cable car service in the Valleys which was due to be scrapped from tomorrow. Earlier this month Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council announced it had decided to axe the Ebbw Vale Cableway after canvassing opinion from residents.
Long a bone of contention in the local community, it's been much maligned chiefly because of its hefty price tag and the fact it also costs £50,000 a year in maintenance. It's also infamous for not working properly, clocking up more than 250 reported breakdowns in the four years alone since its 2015 opening.
Paid for through £12m European grant funding, the cableway links the town's centre with its nearby former steelworks site - which now houses the local community school. It can carry 22 people at a time and spans a distance of 140ft.
