Four Great Highways scheme needs your feedback

* Concept design options (above and below). This one is for the Wharf, with new surfacing steps, seating and signage.

Following the recent public information exhibition and introduction to the Four Great Highways scheme, Denbighshire County Council has been continuing to gather data and engaging with key stakeholders and the project team has now developed concept design options for the improvement.  

This engagement is seeking to present these concept design options and obtain local people's feedback to inform the subsequent detailed design stages and final proposals for implementation.

Following the latest engagement, the team will develop the concept design options into a preliminary design to be taken through any necessary planning and consenting process and then proceed into detailed design and finally contractor procurement and implementation.  

The team says: "It is important for us that you continue to be involved in the process.  You will be able to provide feedback on the latest proposals as well as the premliminary/detailed designs going forward.

"Feedback must be received by March 21."

 The designs will also be available to view at Llangollen Library from next Monday, March 13 for a week.

* You can get in touch with the team in one of the following ways:

* E-mail the completed Word/pdf feedback form to: fourgreathighways@denbighshire.gov.uk / pedairprifforddfawr@sirddinbych.gov.uk

* Collect and complete a paper questionnaire from Monday 13^th March 2023: Llangollen Library, Castle Street, Llangollen, LL20 8NU

* Write to: Highways & Environmental Services, County Hall, Wynnstay Road, Ruthin, LL15 1YN

* View of Llangollen Bridge/Castle Street towards the ramp structure.

* View from inside Lower Dee Mill of ramp and new path.

* Lower Dee Mill Park plan with play opportunities.

Latest Citizens Advice column

Latest column from Denbighshire Citizens Advice is:

Q: I ordered a watch online with personalised engraving for my partner’s upcoming 40th birthday. The company has since gone out of business. I keep phoning and emailing them but can’t get through to anyone. I’m assuming they can’t fulfil my order, but I’d paid for the watch upfront and can’t afford to buy another gift until I get my money back, please help?

A: I understand the frustration you must be feeling - especially as you’ve already parted with your money and presumably spent time searching for a suitable gift for your partner’s special birthday. I assume you haven’t had a dispatch note yet, which suggests the order isn’t on its way.

If the company’s gone into administration, it may still be able to fulfil outstanding orders, but if the company is already in liquidation, you’ll need to try to get your money back. If you’re unsure about what state the company is in, the Citizens Advice website has information on how to find out.

As the company hasn’t responded to your calls or emails, is there a shop or office you can visit or write to, to get an update on your order, or request a refund? If that isn’t possible, the next steps depend on whether it’s a limited company (it will have ltd or plc after its title) or if it’s a sole trader (someone who runs their own business) or partnership.

If it’s a limited company, you’ll need to get details of the administrator or receiver - the person dealing with settling the trader’s debts. The names of those administrators will usually be on the website of the company that’s gone bust. You should register your claim as a creditor on the GOV.UK website. Fill out the form with details of what you’re owed and send it to the administrator dealing with the trader’s debts.

Unfortunately, there’s only a small chance you’ll receive any money back because you’ll be last in a long list of creditors who need to be paid.  

As the order was online (and I’m therefore assuming you paid by debit or credit card) you could also try getting your money back with a Section 75 claim or a chargeback claim to your card provider or bank. Full details about both these types of claims can be found on the Citizens Advice website.

If the seller was a sole trader or partnership and not a limited company, pursuing a Section 75 or chargeback claim is your best option.

Every case is different when traders go under, but you can call the Citizens Advice consumer helpline to find out exactly what your rights are: 0808 223 1133 and visit.

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/wales/consumer/somethings-gone-wrong-with-a-purchase/if-a-company-stops-trading-or-goes-out-of-business/

 

 

More acts announced for this summer's Fringe Festival

Two more acts have been announced for this year's Llangollen Fringe Festival. They are:

IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE

Fronted by Nigerian singer Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West-African funk & disco and modern post-punk and electro.

Appearing July 14 Llangollen Town Hall. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Tickets are £21 and can be purchased here: https://bit.ly/IbibioSoundMachine-LFF23

HANG MASSIVE

Since 2011 Hang Massive have shaped the global handpan music scene, pioneering a successful electronic act with a magnetizing live show.

Blending dream-like acoustic and upbeat electronic sounds, their unique style inspires a worldwide audience. 

Since then, this ground-breaking musical project has amassed millions of views online and a huge, global following.

Appearing July 13 Llangollen Town Hall. Doors open at 7:30 PM. Tickets are £25.

Weather-hit waste collections to take place next week

Denbighshire County Council has sent out a note about how the recent wintry weather has affected waste collection and recycling.

It says: "The recent winter weather has caused problems with recycling and refuse collections in: Llangollen (Thursday 9 March), Corwen (Friday 10 March), St Asaph (Friday 10 March). 

"Recycling and refuse collections will not take place over the weekend. 

"We will arrange collections for residents in those areas that haven’t had their waste and recycling collected, to take place during the week beginning Monday 13 March 2023."

Leisure firm adds more classes to popular Clubbercise programme

Denbighshire Leisure Ltd (DLL) is adding more classes to their hugely popular Clubbericse programme after a success launch across four sites. 

The success of Clubbercise at Ruthin and Nova has now led to DLL rolling out five Clubbercise classes at four of their venues. 

Waiting lists have been made for those unable to get on to the classes at Llangollen and Nova continues to  have classes sold out every week. 

With the strapline ‘Bringing a night out to your workout’, Clubbercise is a mix of fun and fitness. 

The full-body workout is aimed to suits all fitness levels. Set in a dark room with disco lights and Clubbercise glowsticks, each routine is accompanied by club anthems and 90’s classics. 

For those looking to ‘glow all night’ there are classes at Ruthin, Denbigh, Llangollen and Nova now available with DLL. 

These are all included in the DLL memberships and give members a chance to get fit while having fun every day of the week.

Jamie Groves, Managing Director of DLL, said: “We’re thrilled to be able to give our members this new premium experience, and in true Denbighshire Leisure style we are now running Clubbercise at four locations across Denbighshire. 

"To be trusted by an International brand like Clubbercise is a fantastic honour and we cannot wait for our members to experience these classes, they truly are one of a kind.

"We’ve had sell-out classes since we launched, with waiting lists being set up in Llangollen and Nova for people wanting to attend the classes. With the continued success of Clubbercise across DLL, it’s only a matter of time before another site gets added to the schedule.”

Members can book a week in advance on the DLL app and non-members can pay as you go. For more information, visit: https://denbighshireleisure.co.uk/dllclubbercise/

County council weather update

County Network Position and Weather Update; (Thursday 09 March 19:00hrs

Further heavy and significant snowfall is forecast through this evening and overnight, with no anticipated changes to the predicted accumulation levels already reported in the earlier update, although there is a possibility of increased accumulations at lower levels. In addition to the snow, icy conditions are also expected along with the potential for some freezing rain, leading to a risk of black ice and some potentially challenging conditions overnight and in the morning. The county road network continues to be largely passable with care. The Horseshoe Pass, Llangollen and Gwaenysgor Hill, Prestatyn are still currently closed.

 

DCC gritting teams will be working continuously through this evening and overnight to keep the primary network open and the teams will be salting all priority gritting routes. Agricultural snow plough contractors will also be deployed across the county again tomorrow, in order to assist our teams in dealing with the worst affected routes.

 

The weather on Friday is set to improve throughout the morning, with snow levels gradually decreasing but it will still remain very cold, and there will be only limited thawing and melting of any remaining lying snow. Friday night will again be a bitterly cold night, with temperatures expected to be well below freezing, and in some cases as low as between -6 to -8 Celsius across most parts of the county.

 

The Met Office amber warning is set to remain in force until 09:00 tomorrow, along with a wider yellow warning covering the whole of North and Mid Wales through until 14:00hrs tomorrow.

 

Looking ahead, a weather front is set introduce rain during the daytime on Saturday, although there is still the potential for this to turn to sleet/snow at for a time, before milder conditions set in. A further update will be provided tomorrow morning.

 

In the event of any emergency situation requiring an immediate response, contact should be made directly with Denbighshire Customer Services or via the Galw Gofal out of hours contact centre on 0300 123 3068.

Further updates will be provided if deemed necessary.

Please report any issues to our Customer Service Team between 8:30am – 5pm Monday to Friday, by:

1) email to customerservice@denbighshire.gov.uk

2) telephone 01824 706000

3) visit in person a One Stop Shop.

4) use an online web form, available on Denbighshire’s website: https://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en/online-forms/online-forms.aspx

In the event of any emergency situation requiring an immediate response, contact should be made directly via the out of hours contact centre between 5pm – 8:30am including weekends on 0300 123 3068.

Priffyrdd a Gwasanaethau Amgylcheddol

Highways and Environmental Services

Ffôn/Tel: 01824 706866

Hill Street junction roadworks will now go on for another week

* Work at the junction of Hill Street and the A5 will go on for another week.

Roadworks to improve the junction of Hill Street and the A5 in Llangollen will now take another week to complete, llanblogger has just discovered.

The project to upgrade the traffic lights and realign the junction, providing signals to the pedestrian crossing phase, began on January 9 and were originally due to be finished six weeks later on February 17.

But it was announced shortly before that date that they would actually run on until March 9 - this coming Thursday.

However, llanblogger thanks to Llangollen county councillor Karen Edwards, has now seen a copy of an official note by the North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent (NMWTRA) that the work, being carried out by contractors A Parry Construction Ltd, will not now be completed until Thursday March 17.  

No reason is given in the note for the second extension to the deadline.

However, when the work was last extended the Trunk Road Agent said in a note to the county council that the extra time was needed "due to changes to the original NMWTRA scheme with the addition of Puffin Crossings, along with other unforeseen changes."