Carmarthenshire cash boost after big freeze
Carmarthenshire is to receive a share of a £15 million cash boost to help cover the cost of the recent big freeze. The Welsh Assembly Government has announced additional funding of £8million to assist local authorities to deal with urgent road repairs and replenish their salt stocks. It comes on top of £7 million announced last week to fix potholes, bringing the total amount of extra funding to £15 million. Carmarthenshire will receive a total of £1.126 million to spend on pothole repairs, frost damage and purchasing salt. Potholes are caused by severe weather, particularly prolonged cold weather; water lies in cracks in the road and during periods of sub-zero temperatures it turns into ice and expands, causing the surface of the road to break up resulting in deeper-than-usual potholes. The council’s executive board member for technical services Councillor Philip Hughes said: “We welcome this extra money from the Welsh Assembly Government which will be used to target the worst-affected...