Category: Newport

Newport City Council has faced fresh questions over loan funding for two regeneration projects.

A new railway station for Caerleon would alleviate “chronic” traffic congestion and encourage more visitors to its Roman riches, supporters have claimed.

It is one of five councils belonging to the Greater Gwent Pension Fund, which campaigners allege has links to firms connected to Israel’s actions in Palestine.

A social club in the Maindee area of Newport will be allowed to sell alcohol despite concerns about smokers congregating on the pavement outside.

In “the majority of cases”, schools’ overspends can be cushioned by their individual reserve funds, but the report warns “several” schools’ rainy-day balances are “relatively low”.

The merger has been agreed despite concerns around traffic and potential disruption during the new school’s construction.

Newport City Council’s leader said a new fund would support camera upgrades following feedback from residents and traders.

The main opposition group leader likened the council’s agency spends to football clubs signing lots of players on loan, rather than developing homegrown talent.

Residents of a “long-suffering” street in Llandevaud are crying out for their road surface to finally be completed, a Newport councillor has claimed.