Wrexham gets £0 as Welsh Government allocates £16m of ‘Resilient Roads Fund’ to councils that applied

UPDATE: Wrexham Council have tweeted a reply to this article:

WCBC were not eligible to apply for this funding. We have, however, applied for £370k from the Welsh Govrnment. for damage caused at various locations around the county following last year’s severe weather and we are awaiting the outcome of this bid.

— Wrexham Council (@wrexhamcbc) June 15, 2020

Original article below…

Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales Ken Skates has announced over £16 million in transport grants – nearly £5 million of which will be spent on repairing the damage caused by storms at the start of this year. However Wrexham is not on the list.

All local authorities in Wales were invited to submit applications for funding and 21 applications were received from 13 local authorities.

Welsh Government say the Resilient Roads Fund of £16.9 million will support 18 schemes across 13 local authorities, and will be spent on schemes to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change, including addressing disruptions caused on the highway network by the severe weather.

The full list of grants awarded is on this PDF on the Welsh Government website. Projects listed include flood resilience/alleviation, highway drainage, work to stop carriageway flooding.

The Welsh Government said 13 local authorities sent applications in, and the PDF has 13 local authorities listed. There is no mention of Wrexham Council.

Transport Minister Ken Skates said: “This fund will help local authorities pay for much needed work.

“This includes over £6 million to construct a further section of the Old Colwyn coastal defence scheme, which will protect the highway and active travel route from adverse weather.

“We are investing £2.5 million in Mid and South West Wales, including £400,000 to develop a long-term sustainable solution in Pembrokeshire to the A487 at Newgale.

“Over £4.9 million will be spent on work to repair and future-proof key transport routes across Caerphilly and Rhondda Cynon Taf where local communities were particularly affected by the storms earlier this year.

“The grants are a substantial investment to support long-term sustainable economic growth and recovery from the effects of the storms, enhance public transport facilities, and improve routes that will encourage more people in Wales to walk and cycle.”

Top pic: A road in town during the lockdown.