RESIDENTS of Cardigan are celebrating the news that 20mph traffic-calming measures and improved pavements will be introduced in the area around the town’s primary school.

Ceredigion County Council chiefs say the measures – part of a £109,575 package for town centre improvements - will encourage increased active travel journeys to Cardigan Primary School and that the funding will include new scooter and cycle shelters at the school.

The bulk of the money has come from the Welsh Government, with the county council providing £6,675 in match funding, in addition to a £5,000 contribution from Cardigan Town Council.

“I’m delighted that funding has been secured to provide safer routes to Cardigan Primary School,” said local councillor Mark Cole.

“Local residents have long called for a 20mph speed limit between Napier Street and Feidrhenffordd as a means of providing a safer community in this highly-residential area of town.

“The local Bro Teifi & District Neighbourhood Watch scheme has long called for this too and, for almost a decade, I have pressed the authority to implement this measure at the earliest possible opportunity.”

Cllr Cole added: “The problem has always been funding but now, with support from the Welsh Assembly Government, Ceredigion County Council and Cardigan Town Council, new traffic-calming measures should hopefully be implemented over the coming summer.

“In the meantime, the county council will be consulting with local residents on the details of the scheme.

“But after nearly a decade of campaigning for additional traffic-calming measures in the vicinity of Napier Gardens, Maesyrhaf, Bro Teifi, Rhos-y-Dre and Maeshenffordd, I’m relieved that we can now finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.”

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