Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is planning to spending millions of pounds on highways and infrastructure works in the coming year. Cabinet approved the supplementary capital programme for highways, transportation and strategic projects at a meeting on Monday, March 27, which will see more than £10m spent on highways works and more than £16m on strategic projects.
Of the £10.72m for highways improvement schemes, more than £4m will go towards roads with a programme of resurfacing and surface treatment worth £3.44m, including the installation of rock netting on Rhigos Mountain Road. A pool of schemes has been previously approved and a further £2.44m of proposed schemes are to be added.
The actual schemes to be implemented in 2023-24 will be drawn from the approved pool based on officer prioritisation and deliverability constraints. There will also be £500,000 to carry out minor surface repairs (larger patches), £50,000 for safety barrier work and £15,000 for disabled access improvements (dropped kerbs) adding up to a total of £4.01m.
