Work planned for the week ahead on the town's 2020 project is:
Traffic Wales North & Mid-Wales announced on Twitter at 1.17pm today that the A483/A5 viaduct was now open again.
The stretch of road was closed overnight due to high winds causing a 15-mile diversion through Llangollen which brought traffic gridlock to the town.
A petition started by a Wrexham councillor calling on the Welsh Government to back urgent repairs to the storm-damaged B5605 road bridge in Newbridge has so far attracted over 2,500 signatures.
The online petition, at you.38degrees.org.uk, is the idea of the independent member for Cefn, Sonia Benbow Jones, and is aimed at Welsh Minister for Climate Change, Julie James.
It was started eight months ago and now has 2,519 signatures of people who want to see the bridge back into use for the benefit of people living in the area and the avoidance of a 15-mile detour through Llangollen whenever the A483/A5 viaduct is closed as it has been today due to high winds.
* The petition calling for repairs to the B5605 bridge.
The petition calls on the Minister to provide Wrexham Council with funding to repair the bridge following Storm Christoph over a year ago.
Describing the importance of repairs, the petition says: "The B5605 provides critical road links between communities Newbridge, Cefn Mawr, Rhosymedre and Ruabon and also Chirk to the south.
"This is causing major disruption to local residents and businesses and also provides critical diversionary route from the A483. In the event of closures on or planned works on the A483 it means a fifteen mile division via Llangollen which is unacceptable."
The petition can be viewed at: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/repairs-to-bridge-b5605-newbridge?bucket&fbclid=IwAR1rFG2ze0g7T6JTZOSbsaOfwB26iFnkPNh3gJ0wCwZ1E5TJVdE6aiXoCdg
* Meanwhile, town councillor Stuart Davies has this morning (Monday) emailed local county councillors and Denbighshire chief officers about the congestion caused by the traffic diversions in Llangollen.
He says: "Llangollen is gridlocked. Traffic backed up several miles to the Sun Trevor. People are not happy. Yet Denbighshire County Council and the Welsh Government, despite me warning them months ago, are still allowing this to happen.
Attaching a screenshot of local people's complaints about the situation, he asks: "What are you intending to do to sort this problem, please?"
The closure of the A483 due to high winds this morning is causing extra traffic through Llangollen this morning.
Traffic Wales posted earlier this morning n Twitter:
#A483 : Both directions : Ruabon to Chirk (Gledrid) : Road closed : Due to high winds : #TrafficWalesAlert
* Simon Baynes MP outside Chirk Castle during one of his runs.
Clwyd South MP Simon Baynes recently completed the 50-mile running challenge in aid of Maggie’s Centres and managed to raise over £2,000 for the cause in memory of family members.
Maggie’s Centres are based in various locations and offer support free to anyone with cancer and their families who walk through the doors.
The centres were founded by Maggie Keswick Jencks who used her own experience of having cancer to create a new type of cancer care.
The first centre opened in Edinburgh in 1996 and, since then, a network of centres across the UK and some abroad have now been established to offer care to those facing cancer.
Mr Baynes had to run 50 miles for the challenge, with the money raised assisting those who use the centres.
In total, he raised over £2,000, which was inclusive of match-funding.
His efforts and those of others who took up the challenge resulted in a total of £115,037 being raised.
Mr Baynes said: “I was pleased to complete this challenge for a cause that is close to my heart as both my parents and my father-in-law died of cancer.
"It is quite a long time since I did any running and therefore I had to build up my fitness gradually over the 5 weeks of the challenge.
"I did the running in Wales and also in London in the evenings after working in Parliament and I discovered many sights which I had not seen before.
"I am very grateful to the large number of family and friends who sponsored me for this truly inspirational cause which brings so much comfort and hope to people suffering with cancer across the UK.”
Dog owners are being reminded to pick up after their pets while out walking.
A Public Space
Protection Order is in force in the county which allows Denbighshire County Council
to take action, including issuing fines against owners who allow their dogs to
foul in an area of public land without cleaning up after them.
The council
works with District Enforcement who deploy officers to regularly patrol the
county in order to prevent littering and irresponsible dog ownership.
Cllr Mark
Young, Lead Member for Planning, Public Protection and Safer Communities, said:
“The majority of dog owners act responsibly and the Council would like to thank
them for ensuring our communities remain clean and attractive for our
residents.
“However, we
have noticed an increase in dog fouling on pavements over the winter months as
many dog walkers change their usual routes due to the darker evenings and
mornings.
“We have
received a number of complaints from residents because some dog owners are
allowing their dog to foul outside people’s homes,
businesses and even schools and not
clearing it up.
“We want to
make it clear that irresponsible dog owners are in breach of the Public Space
Protection Order and could receive a £100 fixed
penalty notice.
“Patrols are
ongoing and we are also encouraging people who witness this to contact us with
information so we are able to target our enforcement patrols.”
To report a
dog owner not clearing up after their pet,
please provide a description of the person, a
description of the dog as well as the time and location of the offence.
All
litter bins and your black bin at home can be used to deposit dog mess which is
bagged and tied and free dog bags can be collected from the Council’s one-stop
shops.
To
report an incident of dog fouling visit www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en/environmental-health/dog-issues/report-a-dog-related-issue.aspx
A Llangollen Railway volunteer is currently staging a new temporary exhibition in Llangollen Museum.
Entitled Along Lost Lines, the display is by Peter Dickinson, one of the founding members of the railway's Heritage Group.
It charts the history of the old railway line linking Ruabon with the coast at Barmouth.
The exhibition includes a range of artefacts, posters and exhibits relating to the line.
A dedicated section includes some original parts from Queen Victoria's Royal Train from 1897 which are being shown in public for the first time.
The exhibition opens today (Saturday) runs until April 3. Entry is free.
Currently, the museum will be open Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday from 11-4pm.
The exhibition is a joint collaboration between the museum and the Llangollen Railway Heritage Group.
