Councils are in “short-term survival mode” says Swansea council finance director
SWANSEA Council’s director of finance has warned that local authorities are in “short-term survival mode” and “beyond the pretence” of planning for the medium term due to UK financial instability. Ben Smith said the council faced an energy price “cliff…
Former railway line transformed into a new walking and cycling route
LOCAL schoolchildren and cycle groups have helped to open a brand new walking and cycling route in Swansea. Swansea Council has just completed its latest addition to the city’s growing network of walking and cycling routes – this time, making…
£135m Copr Bay project should be completed this year
THE final elements of Swansea’s long-running Copr Bay regeneration project should be completed this year, the council has said. While the arena, adjacent coastal park and eye-catching pedestrian bridge across Oystermouth Road have been the priority, and have been open…
Sight-saving service in Swansea available to more patients than ever
Sight-saving surgery is now being offered for the first time in Wales to people with health conditions, disabilities and learning disabilities. Corneal cross-linking is the only treatment for keratoconus, where the cornea bulges into a cone shape and makes it…
Council staff off sick average of 15 days a year – described as ‘awfully high’
STAFF at Swansea Council are off sick for three working weeks a year on average – a figure that has been described as “awfully high”. The average of just over 15 days per full-time employee factors in those on long-term sickness…
Nearly 90 Swansea projects approved as part of major investment fund
CLOSE to 90 projects have now been approved as part of a major on-going investment helping Swansea residents, communities and businesses recover from the impact of the pandemic. Schemes to have benefited from Swansea Council’s Economic Recovery Fund include an…
Changes recommended to Swansea Bay UHB child and adolescent mental health service
THE way children and young people with mental health difficulties are helped in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot looks set to change. The current service is run by Swansea Bay University Health Board in tandem with neighbouring Cwm Taf Morgannwg…
Former Sancta Maria hospital site in the Uplands sold
A FORMER private hospital in Swansea has been bought by a housing association. Coastal Housing has acquired the old HMT Sancta Maria Hospital in Uplands and is developing plans for the site. It has applied to Swansea Council to remove 14…
Complaints over Parc Mawr housing construction site
A HOUSEBUILDER has apologised after residents complained about lorries queuing before 8am to get into a large construction site in Penllergaer. They said their cul-de-sac had seven or eight lorries waiting to enter the Parc Mawr development on September 13…
Swansea seafront skate park on the way
A NEW skate park on the Swansea seafront is finally on the way. Contractors are beginning a 16-week project to create a concrete, bowl-shaped leisure facility at the existing skate area at Llwynderw. It has taken years for Mumbles Community…