Funding seized from criminal assets has been used to install railings in Aberbargoed to stop off-road bikers.
Officers from the Bargoed Neighbourhood Policing Team secured £1,000 from the Community Cashback scheme.
The railings have been installed on a ten-metre stretch of land on the edge of the Aberbargoed tip.
Residents were concerned about off-road motorbikes that were coming down from the tip and being driven around the children’s play area in Cwrt Coch Street.
The use of off-road motorbikes has previously been a PACT priority for the Aberbargoed ward.
Aberbargoed PCSO Eve Churchward, said: “We wanted to install railings as another way of helping to stop off-road motorbikes being driven in the area, particularly into the children’s playground, which could be very dangerous.
“Residents have said that this is an issue that concerns them, and we are working to address it. If anyone has any information about who is using off-road motorbikes illegally, then I would ask them to get in contact with us.”
Councillor Lyn Ackerman, Caerphilly’s cabinet member for the environment said: “The fact that residents have previously raised this issue as a priority at PACT meetings clearly illustrates how much of a detrimental impact off road biking was having on their day-to-day lives.
“It is therefore especially pleasing that such a worthwhile community project has been able to benefit from receiving some of the ill-gotten gains of criminals, which will contribute significantly to ensuring the safety of those in and around the children’s playground.”
To contact the Bargoed Neighbourhood Policing Team call 02920 857455 or email BargoedNeighbourhoodPolicingTeam@gwent.pnn.police.uk