Powys Council agrees net zero carbon strategy
A new plan aimed at cutting Powys Council's carbon emissions to zero has been agreed.
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A new plan aimed at cutting Powys Council's carbon emissions to zero has been agreed.
THE cost of dealing with the after-effects of flooding in parts of Powys are to be raised with the Welsh Government.
More than 1,500 homes still without power amid new weather and flooding warning over Storm Franklin.
The number of homeless people in Powys soared over the summer, a meeting has heard.
In total it is estimated that the project would cost £150 million. At a meeting of the Independent/Conservative cabinet on Tuesday, May 25, an item on Treasury Management for the last financial quarter of 2020/21 revealed that £33 million had been handed over to PCC from the Welsh Government in March. A further £10 million will be received in this financial year and £7 million next year. If the project does not go ahead, the money would be paid back to the Welsh Government. Finance portfolio holder Cllr Aled Davies said: “A special bank account had to be set up to deal with th...