A series of important highway drainage improvements will be made at Cemetery Road in Porth, using Welsh Government funding secured by the Council.
The Resilient Roads scheme on the B4278 will start from Monday, December 8 – and will be completed by the end of March 2026.
The work will include installing a new carrier pipe along a 150-metre stretch of Cemetery Road. Eight new gullies will also be introduced, with large capacity gully covers.
The new system will take rainwater to an existing culvert that runs underneath the road, near the safe crossing point to Porth Community School.
These improvements will increase the capacity of the drainage system and alleviate the risk of flooding in heavy rainfall. They represent an investment of more than a quarter-of-a-million pounds for the community.
The RCT Streetcare Team will deliver the work alongside sub-contractor Calibre Contracting Ltd.
The work requires a single lane closure managed by temporary traffic lights. While some sections of footway will need to close, a suitable pedestrian diversion will be maintained where possible.
Please note, the works will pause over the Christmas period, and all traffic management will be removed until the resumption of works in the w/c January 5, 2026.
The Council has secured more than £6 million from Welsh Government for flood alleviation work in 2025/26, across the Small Scale Works Grant, the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Programme, and the Resilient Roads Fund. Individual schemes under these programmes are delivered using Council match funding, usually set at 15%.
Thanks to the community in Porth for your cooperation in advance of these works.
Posted on 03/12/2025