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Help is available if you are at risk of losing your home. Our Housing Advice Centre offers support to those experiencing...
05/09/2026

Help is available if you are at risk of losing your home. Our Housing Advice Centre offers support to those experiencing difficulties (financial issues, arrears, notice to leave accommodation). The sooner you tell us, the more options we may have to help: https://orlo.uk/fla6X

📢 Are you an employer in Retail, Digital or the Creative Industries? We'd love to have you join us at our RCT Jobs Fair ...
05/09/2026

📢 Are you an employer in Retail, Digital or the Creative Industries? We'd love to have you join us at our RCT Jobs Fair on 15 October in Llys Cadwyn Library, Pontypridd! This is an opportunity to showcase your opportunities and meet jobseekers from across the county borough.

📧 Contact us now to secure your spot! [email protected]

Residents and road users in are reminded that an additional road closure is needed on Sunday to the Rheola Bridge, to ...
05/09/2026

Residents and road users in are reminded that an additional road closure is needed on Sunday to the Rheola Bridge, to complete the summer repair/maintenance scheme.

The works will take place from 7am-7pm on Sunday, September 6 – repeating the bridge closure arrangements from previous weekends over the summer.

Please note, no closure to the road underneath the bridge (Rheola Road) is needed this weekend.

Full details of the overall scheme can be found on the previous news item, which also includes the alternative routes for the Rheola Bridge closure: https://orlo.uk/ijEzG

Sunday’s work will include final paintwork to the steeple copings, cleaning concrete plinths, and clearing out drainage kerbs.

Thanks in advance to the community for your cooperation.

Following the construction of the Rhondda Fach Active Travel route, we’ve now created a dedicated webpage which gives re...
05/09/2026

Following the construction of the Rhondda Fach Active Travel route, we’ve now created a dedicated webpage which gives residents more information about the facility.

The new 10km route spans from in the north, to in the south – with several local links where walkers, runners and cyclists can join/exit the route!

Please see the map below, which details the route in relation to some local landmarks.

Visit the new webpage below, where you can also access a video of the entire route being cycled: https://orlo.uk/Eo4Qw

The Council is currently undertaking an engagement exercise that focuses on the ways in which flood risk information is ...
05/09/2026

The Council is currently undertaking an engagement exercise that focuses on the ways in which flood risk information is communicated to residents. Take part in a survey, before the deadline on September 21, to share your views on what works well in our communications, and what could be improved upon. Have your say now: https://orlo.uk/CJseC

The Council is providing an update on the proposed Cynon Gateway Link Road scheme – a major transportation investment in...
05/09/2026

The Council is providing an update on the proposed Cynon Gateway Link Road scheme – a major transportation investment in the north of the Cynon Valley that remains a commitment.

The proposed project will deliver a new 1.2km link road connecting the A4059 Aberdare Bypass (at a point between Trecynon and Penywaun roundabouts) to the A465 Heads of the Valleys Road (at Croesbychan).

The strategic scheme has many advantages – strengthening north-south transport links, improving access across the area, easing traffic congestion in Llwydcoed and other local routes, and supporting economic growth within the Cynon Valley.

Officers have started an important procurement process to appoint a main contractor to design and build the future project, and to deliver this significant investment for the benefit of local communities. The conclusion of this process and the final contract award are expected to take place during 2027.

Once this has been completed, the Council proposes to appoint a contractor to develop the scheme’s detailed design. Subject to the contractor’s proposals, this phase could include the first activity taking place on the ground, with advanced works supporting the design phase.

Full details: https://orlo.uk/4Agfx

- https://orlo.uk/BwJuq

04/09/2026

Residents and road users in are advised that an additional road closure is needed on Sunday to the Rheola Bridge, to complete the summer repair/maintenance scheme.

The works will take place from 7am-7pm on Sunday, September 6 – repeating the bridge closure arrangements from previous weekends over the summer.

Please note, no closure to the road underneath the bridge (Rheola Road) is needed this weekend.

Full details of the overall scheme can be found on the previous news item, which also includes the alternative routes for the Rheola Bridge closure: https://orlo.uk/41UD5

Sunday’s work will include final paintwork to the steeple copings, cleaning concrete plinths, and clearing out drainage kerbs.

Thanks in advance to the community for your cooperation.

04/09/2026

👷🏼‼️Attention, residents in , and ! 👷🏼‼️

We clean thousands of drains and gullies every month, and as part of our routine cleansing programme, our crews will be out and about in the following streets next week.

• Monday, September 7, – Station Street, Leyshon Terrace, Clifton Row, approach road to Porth Community School, Bronheulwen.

• Monday, September 7, / – Glanfelin, Tudor Street, Owen Street, Parc Y Dyffryn.

• Tuesday, September 8, – Syphon Street (and two unnamed roads nearby), Porth Street, Tynewydd Square.

• Tuesday, September 8, / – Dyffryn Road, Heol Gruffydd.

• Wednesday, September 9, – Hannah Street, West Taff Street.

• Wednesday, September 9, / – College Way, Cardiff Road.

• Thursday, September 10, – Pontypridd Road.

• Thursday, September 10, / – College Way, Cardiff Road.

• Friday, September 11, – Foundry Place, Jenkin Street, River Terrace to Glynfach Road, Dyllas Road, Morgan Terrace, Edmund Street, Brittania Street.

• Friday, September 11, / – Ynys Terrace, Ynys Close, Ebenezer Street.

Please ensure vehicles are not parked on top of drain covers, so we can carry out the maintenance work. Also, please park considerately and leave suitable space in the streets to ensure our vehicles can pass.

The timetables given above may be subject to change, depending upon factors such as access and progress.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

: https://orlo.uk/DrAIW

Thanks to residents in for attending our recent public event, to find out more about the flood alleviation work that i...
04/09/2026

Thanks to residents in for attending our recent public event, to find out more about the flood alleviation work that is ongoing at Cardiff Road and Maes-y-Ffynon Lane.

Around 25 people dropped into the Sobell Leisure Centre in Aberdare, to speak with officers and the contractor about the scheme that will significantly increase the local drainage network capacity over the year ahead.

Residents are advised that a dedicated webpage for the scheme is in the process of being updated – once this is completed, we’ll issue a further update.

The Welsh Government-funded scheme will include creating a pond area to store rainwater, as well as the installation of new drainage infrastructure. It will provide protection for 56 properties. Further details are included in our previous news item: https://orlo.uk/gyQCw

Since the scheme started in July 2026, contractor Centregreat Ltd has made steady progress. The main drainage run is largely installed and construction of the attenuation pond is underway. Japanese knotweed treatment is also ongoing, and is expected to be completed by the end of September.

Thanks to the community for your continued cooperation as this important local scheme is delivered.

- https://orlo.uk/zOy9H

Parents/carers can apply online for the first time from 1st September for a Reception and Secondary school place (Year 7...
04/09/2026

Parents/carers can apply online for the first time from 1st September for a Reception and Secondary school place (Year 7) for September 2027 at a faith school within Rhondda Cynon Taf.
👉 You can apply online at https://orlo.uk/tJqLp

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