P-06-1162 Break up the County of Rhondda Cynon Taff and join the Cynon Valley to Merthyr County
P-06-1162 Break up the County of Rhondda Cynon Taff and join the Cynon Valley to Merthyr County
This
petition was submitted by Sian Davies, having collected a total of 138
signatures.
Text of Petition:
During these local lockdowns
it has become very obvious that Cynon Valley (mostly Aberdare) is totally
disconnected to the rest of Rhondda Cynon Taff. All of the local ammenities in
our area has been moved to Merthyr - our court, hospital, registry for
births/deaths, our shopping centre, etc.
This became very obvious
when the residents of Aberdare have been told we cannot travel to Merthyr but
has to travel all the way to Llantrisant, have you ever tried going there on
public transport either?
Additional Information:
There is a general
concensus in Aberdare that we are the poor relation to the spending being used
in Pontypridd/Talbot Green etc because they are based closer to the Capital,
Rhondda gets a lot of funding as classed as a deprived area, and the residents
of Cynon Valley have to fund raise to get any ammenites for example the splash
pad in the park, yet Ponty got the Lido and splash park. They had all the
relief road around Church Village years ago and we are still waiting for the
road to be duelled between us and Merthyr, even though it is classed as one of
the most dangerous roads in South Wales.
With the population of RCT
being the 3rd largest in Wales just behind the two cities of Swansea and
Cardiff, and covering one of the largest areas behind Powys, it is clear this
County is not fit for purpose.
With forward thinking
Merthyr County, we believe we would flourish and be a better run county
especially with local lockdowns looking at becoming the thing of the future.
Status
This petition was
considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 16/07/2021.
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed, that as there
was little action it could take on the issue raised, to close the petition and
thank the petitioner.
Full
details of the consideration of this petition by the Committee and related
documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.
It
was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 16/07/2021.
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Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 09/07/2021