Drainage upgrades will start on four residential streets in Pentre to reduce the risk of flooding in the local area. A series of phased road closures will be used locally to minimise the overall disruption to the community over the next month.
The flood alleviation work will begin on Monday, October 24 , and will last around four weeks. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has appointed Calibre Contracting to carry out the scheme and the upgrades will take place at Ash Grove, Hill Side Street, St Stephen’s Avenue and Windsor Place.
In 2020, Pentre experienced severe flooding during the unprecedented weather of Storm Dennis and was hit by flooding on five separate occasions. The rainfall during Storm Dennis caused record river levels and flows as Rhondda Cynon Taf recorded its most significant flooding since the 1970s.
