Clwyd West MS Darren Millar has welcomed news that Conwy County Council has secured £140,000 to fund the development of an un-adopted roads pilot study at Sandy Cove in Kinmel Bay.

The funding, safeguarded from the 2021/22 Road Safety Revenue & Safe Routes in Communities Grant, will be used to develop proposals to improve the highway and drainage infrastructure of the un-adopted roads in this area, to aid access and mobility for vehicles and non-motorised users and reduce the likelihood and impact of localised flooding.

Welcoming the news, Darren, who has long been calling for action to help address the problems on the Sandy Cove estate, said:

“This is great news and will be warmly welcomed by the residents of Sandy Cove.  

“With around 250 homes, the estate is probably the largest single community affected by poorly maintained unadopted roads in Wales and as such this study is long overdue.

"Upgrading the roads there would make the estate a safer, cleaner and more attractive place to live. It would also have a massive impact on the quality of life for residents, many of whom have disabilities and mobility problems.

“I have been calling for improvements on this estate for years and have raised it numerous times with Welsh Government Ministers.

“The flooding in 2013 made the roads worse and they really are now in a desperate state.

“It is not right that in this day and age we still have roads that emergency vehicles are unable to access at times of crisis and I am pleased that positive action is at last being taken to address this.”

Once the design proposals have been agreed, a ‘shelf-ready’ tender package and construction costs estimate will be prepared, for use as and when funding is made available for the construction works.