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Work is beginning this week to enhance four roundabouts at the Gateways to Llanelli. The work to the Berwick, Box, Trostre and Sandy Roundabouts is part of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funded ADREF project. A traffic management scheme will be operating on Berwick roundabout from this Wednesday (March 25) until March 30 with a break for Easter and then from April 15-17; on Box roundabout from March 30 until April 2, then April 13-14 and April 22-24. Trostre roundabout will have traffic management from April 15-27 and April 29 until May 1, and Sandy roundabout from April 27 until May 1 and May 11 to May 13. Any lane closures on the roundabouts will not commence before 9.30am and will be removed by 3.30pm. The council apologises for any inconvenience this will cause. Following on from the recent £60m regeneration of Llanelli town centre, the County Council recognises that there are a number of key gateway points to the town centre which currently lack definition and do...

Work is now underway on a new office development located near Carmarthen’s popular retail hub  St Catherine’s Walk . Local development company, Hacer Developments Ltd, is breathing new life into the former Nolan Windows site in Carmarthen town centre with support from the South West Wales Property Development Fund (PDF). The South West Wales Property Development Fund has been part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government. Hacer Developments Ltd, a local firm owned by husband and wife Carwyn and Sarah Davies, is constructing a 5000 sq ft three storey office building on Merlin Street, Carmarthen. The development is receiving £400,000 of funding from the PDF and when complete will have the potential to accommodate 17 jobs. The development will be completed in March 2015. The completed development will be occupied by Bro Myrddin Housing Association , who are relocating from their current base in Johnstown. Bro Myrddin Chief Executive Hilary Jone...

A total of 20 new recycling sites have been provided across Carmarthenshire with the help of European funding. The council’s waste and recycling section provides more than 170 mini recycling centres all over the county for residents to recycle a range of materials including glass, cans, paper, clothes and shoes. The 20 new sites have been part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government. It is part of the £8million South West Wales Materials Efficiency project with Pembrokeshire County Council. Executive Board Member for Technical Services Cllr Colin Evans said: “We are continually looking to provide more recycling facilities for the public and the ERDF grant has helped us to provide an additional 20 recycling sites across the county for the benefit of residents. “We want to make it as easy as possible for householders to recycle by providing recycling banks in their communities. “It is important we recycle as much as we can and reduce the amount of...

Two Carmarthenshire businesses are being helped to set up new ventures in the county thanks to the South West Wales Property Development Fund. Bassett, MacGregor & Ash is building office space on the Quay in Carmarthen and Davies Richards Llys Aur Ltd is developing two industrial buildings at Llanelli Gate. The South West Wales Property Development Fund (PDF) has been part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government. This regional scheme is being led by Carmarthenshire County Council in partnership with City and County of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, Pembrokeshire County Council and the Welsh Government. The scheme has been up and running since 2009 and over the next couple of months it is hoped to award £8.6m in gap funding for office and industrial developments across the region. The programme aims to target speculative developments and priority will be given to applications that will provide tangible benefits to the l...