Pontypridd
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| Weather | 21°C, Wind W at 10 km/h, 66% Humidity |
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| Population | 32,694 (2011) |
| Colleges and universities | University of Glamorgan |
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| Coleg Morgannwg, Pontypridd | |
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| ID | 908320 |
About Pontypridd
Pontypridd is both the county town of Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales and a community. Often colloquially known as "Ponty", it is 12 miles north of Cardiff.
High water: Call for UK cash fund flood relief in Wales
Scenes like this at Nantgarw were repeated across Rhondda Cynon Taff following storm Dennis
Welsh Labour MPs and Assembly have called on the members to supply the new Registrar's flood relief cash to some of the worst-affected parts of Wales.
In a letter to Rishi Sunak , you ask for a one-off grant of £30m to pay for the repair and restoration across Rhondda Cynon Taff .
The Council tax and business rates want to be suspended for a year in the affected properties.
They took some of the questions are now, however, the action want to a UK-level.
"Our belief in The Union , leads us to the conclusion that, if any part of the United Kingdom is particularly hard-hit by the whole of the UK should help, regardless of the normal funding rules," They wrote in The Letter to the Ministry of Finance.
"therefore, We urgently call upon you to special one-off funding for the RCT (Rhondda Cynon Taff ). "
Pontypridd the popular Lido in Ynysangharad Park is barely open again this year after the Storms Dennis floodsThe Letter was signed by Mr Chris Elmore (Ogmore), Chris Bryant (Rhondda), Beth Winter (Cynon Valley), and Alex Davies-Jones (Pontypridd ).
added The AMs Mick Antoniw (Pontypridd ), Vikki Howells (Cynon Valley), and Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore), your name on The Request .
the leader of The Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) Council, Andrew Morgan , has also signed The Letter .
Letter to Mr Sunak, They argued that damage to roads, bridges and Council property costs The Local authority up to £30m.
she added: "This will swamp The Council in the annual General capital funding allocation of £13. 4m. The damage to private land across The County is likely to be 150 pounds running nearly£. "
"We are a resilient community, and many of the sorted out have hundreds of people and have helped. We are generous to. Donations Reached nearly £200.000.
"But , But generous we are individually, we don't have deep pockets. "
calls for more money, the Labour politician also have to be certain rules to the benefit payments stopped asked.
"It would be manifestly unfair for families to get 500 of RCT Council, or by a Crowd-Fund-Me page,£, money can be reclaimed," she said.
Finally, you have asked the British government to Fund the communities for an urgent overhaul across all of South Wales area, in order to address concerns about landslides following weeks of rain.
Coaltips remain the responsibility of the coal authority, local authorities and natural resources Wales.
Speaking on BBC Wales, the Rhondda MP Chris Bryant added: "Wales has borne the burden of poverty and the RCT in particular, on the hardest hit has.
"Without additional help, RCT could be wiped out financially how to build bridges, roads and flood protection. "
A Welsh Government spokesman said it was "around The Clock with partner agencies to keep people safe and informed," because of the storms and resulting floods.
"We have available 10m deal with the immediate effects of the storms made £", They added.
"These funds will be provided for The First response, while the work is the assessment of the total cost and impact of the damage. This will determine what further financial support is required and, depending on the extent of the expenses we would look to the British government for the provision of resources. "
Taff Street in Pontypridd strong,The First Minister Mark Drake said, would meet with Ford to discuss the Welsh Secretary, Simon Hart , of the next week, the safety of coal tips and the communities in their shadow.
A UK government official said there was communication with the rescue service, councils and the Welsh Government about the floods.
she added: "While the flood protection and the response to the flooding transferred in Wales, we are committed to continue and with the support of the Welsh Government on flood relief and coal-tip security. "
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Source of news: bbc.com
