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Apologies from two councillors for ‘coming across as aggressive’ and accusing officers of manipulating data Two councillors have issued apologies after two separate incidents during a Planning Committee meeting last night. Planning committee members had been discussing plans from Wrexham Council to convert the former Borras Park Infants school building into a Welsh-medium school. Concerns had been raised by several councillors throughout the meeting over existing traffic and parking issues in the area, which some felt could be exacerbated if the plans were approved. However the debate saw...

Newbridge landslide and Bangor on Dee riverbanks set for inspections This article is old - Published: Friday, Jan 22nd, 2021 Recovery work is ongoing in the area to deal with ongoing flooding, and damage left after storm ‘Christoph’. In an update late into the evening last night Cllr David A Bithell Lead Member Environment and Transport at Wrexham Council detailed how the water levels in Bangor on Dee peaked “at a record level” and have been reducing, though slowly. Natural Resource Wales are due to inspect the river embankment during this morning. Cllr Bithell added that no residents...

The A483. THE main dual carriageway through Wrexham is set to undergo major changes, including the resurfacing of a “deteriorating” section of road. The North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agency has outlined a number of projects designed to deliver improvements to the A483. Work could start as early as March this year to relay the surface of the road between junction six at Gresford up to the Wales-England border at Pulford. The concrete carriageway was originally built in the late 1980s and has been relaid since, but is said to be in need of significant repairs. In a report to cou...

Posted: Wed 6th Jan 2021 Wrexham Council look to Fixed Penalty Notices and new CCTV to clamp down on fly tipping This article is old - Published: Wednesday, Jan 6th, 2021 Those who pay fly tippers to dispose of their waste and fly tippers themselves have been branded “lazy” – with a warning they could soon be caught on camera and prosecuted. Previously Wrexham Council have issued strong warnings about using people who end up fly tipping waste, promising prosecutions would take place of those involved, however with little or no action taken. Last April we enquired if any of the new powe...

Cllr David A Bithell. CAMERAS could be used as part of the fight against fly-tipping in Wrexham, with fines issued to anyone found responsible for dumping rubbish. The potential move was revealed by Cllr David A Bithell, deputy leader of Wrexham Council, after he hit out at offenders for making parts of the county borough look untidy. The local authority’s portfolio holder for the environment has been working with officers to identify hot spots in the area, with an estimated 1,000 tonnes of discarded litter currently having to be collected each year. He said talks had been held with...