A £2.4m development is set to go ahead on Porthcawl's Cosy Corner this month, with contractors now in place to build a number of planned improvements on the once-neglected part of the town.
The plans, which include five small retail units, public toilets and changing facilities, as well as an outdoor children’s play area and public seating area with canopy, will be well received by many in the area. However, for others there will be a sense of bitterness at what could have been, with much grander proposals once in place for the controversial part of the coastal town.
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