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Council gives green light for plan to smarten up Newport

12:50pm Thursday 18th June 2009


DERELICT buildings and major routes into Newport are set for a revamp after councillors approved a £3.8million improvement scheme.

Members of Newport city council’s cabinet were asked to approve improvements to various key locations and routes into the city after the Assembly agreed to fund the works.

Council leader Matthew Evans said: “This is a good news story and, make no mistake, if we weren’t hosting the Ryder Cup next year, this funding would not have been forthcoming. This is all about providing a long-lasting legacy for the community.”

A report presented at Tuesday's meeting said the programme of physical and environmental enhancements would complement the existing regeneration scheme.

Andy Evans, head of planning and regeneration and strategic housing, said: “This sits alongside that programme and will really enhance the environment and give vibrancy to the centre itself.”

Councillor Ed Townsend, economic development and regeneration cabinet member, said: “The aim is really to improve the city and clean up neglected parts of the city.

Fortunately we have partners willing to support us. This is a great step forward.”

Attached to the report was a draft list of projects for key routes including the Coldra, Tredegar Park, the SDR and Caerleon.

City centre streets including John Frost Square, High Street and Cambrian Road were also mentioned.

Buildings featured included Lysaght Institute, the Maltings, Capitol car park, Newport Castle and Town Bridge.

The £3.8million funding has been provisionally secured from the Assembly to fund the works.

A project team will produce a detailed programme of work, together with timescales and costings, which will be reported back to cabinet for endorsement at a later date.


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D.G., Newport says...
1:19pm Thu 18 Jun 09

"A project team will produce a detailed programme of work, together with timescales and costings, which will be reported back to cabinet for endorsement at a later date. "

It ain't a good news story until we know what's going to be done, and more importantly, if we have a hope in hell of getting it done in 12 months.

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Bobter, says...
2:06pm Thu 18 Jun 09

What does Ed Townsend say agaid? Oh yes “The aim is really to improve the city and clean up neglected parts of the city.

That's all of it then is it? I'll believe it when I see it.

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Pants, Pontypool says...
4:10pm Thu 18 Jun 09

I thought this was what Newport Unlimited was set up for?

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Nevasleep, Newport says...
7:37pm Thu 18 Jun 09

Better than nothing!.

They should sort out Clarence Place as well, too many Newport chavs around there.

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Salem, Blackwood says...
9:21pm Thu 18 Jun 09

"Council gives green light for plan to smarten up Newport"

How about sending in the Bulldozers or "Nuke" the place..Nobody would miss the S***hole!!

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Bert And Ernie, Newport says...
10:25pm Thu 18 Jun 09

Salem wrote:
"Council gives green light for plan to smarten up Newport"

How about sending in the Bulldozers or "Nuke" the place..Nobody would miss the S***hole!!
You have to love these intelligent, thought provoking and constructive comments. Well done Salem, jolly good show WUM! Now why don't you take your fisher price computer and shove it where the sun don't shine! Blackwood!

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TicoPhil, Newport says...
3:09am Fri 19 Jun 09

Angry of Cwmbran and Salem...perhaps you should live in the slums of Rio for a few years, then you might perhaps realize that what we have in Wales is a wonderfully high standard of living. The people may not all be educated middle class Radio 4 listeners and some youngsters may want to dress in track/shell suits and follow the crowd but they don't shoot each other or innocent people on the streets or atleast not in significant numbers as in many South/Central American countries. This stupid division between towns, insults of 'chavs' (people/humans) is purile and offensive. I repeat, there are many places that are far less pleasant to live; many that are better but Newport is a place where I will defend tooth and nail..for its diversity, the strength of her people and her beauty. Stand on Machen mountain and look at Newport and its surrounding valleys and towns and you perhaps will get a sense of how special the place is. Granted, I don't live there anymore but I return regularly....why? because I miss it.

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cwmbran87, Cwmbran says...
10:09am Fri 19 Jun 09

At the end of the day, newport has been going through a re-generation for about 30 years and each time it is all false hope and jobs are half done!! i really love the comment “The aim is really to improve the city and clean up neglected parts of the city" so does this include the recent fall of Friars Walk?? there is going to be a huge carpark with plenty of spaces for what?? to visit a town (refuse to class newport as a city) full of rubbish shops which are all the same either newsagents or food places. and to be honest, to look at newport with the surrounding areas i would much prefere going to Cardiff or Cwmbran which are both much nicer places centre and surrounding areas to go to. there is no point in defending it as it will never be better it always has and always will be rough. there is no beauty of Newport appart fromt the road leading out of the place!

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The Rabbit, newport says...
11:44am Fri 19 Jun 09

I suppose the should make Newport look nice for the tourists as they drive through on their way up to Cwmbran or down to Cardiff.

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County, Newport says...
4:10pm Fri 19 Jun 09

The notion that any tourist would ever visit Cwmbran is laughable, it's like a smaller, more deprived version of Milton Keynes and makes even Port Talbot look pretty. Let's not argue though,m the whole of South wales is a dump full of people with chips on their shoulders and I can't wait to move to the country 15 miles to the east, it's what been happening for generations.

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davewales, newport says...
10:13am Sat 20 Jun 09

salem is only saying as it is.
the comment "lets compare the slums of rio with newport is a pathetic arguement".

newport should never have been given city status it is worse now than when it was a town ,facilies wise.
the town is full of chavs who dont work,dont care about other people and to be honest are a waste of human life.
junkie crack heads,drunks,theives and immigrants all free loading off hard working people and liberal morons defending their rights above normal people.
the uk can only get worse with pc white middle class idiots forcing their ideas and beliefs on the majority.
if you think newport has been served well by its cllr's,mp paul flyn and newport unlimited you are deluded.

putting up banners,tarting up 2 roundabouts,restorin
g a working mens club and an industrial road will really help newports image,not
all the promises newport cllrs have given us always ends up the same way:unfinished or nothing like as promised.
a nuclear bomb on the place would be an improvement.
newport is a pretty sh~~y city.
get a banner up saying that newport council,thats the truth.



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Newbribge, Newbridge says...
10:14pm Sat 20 Jun 09

My guess is TicoPhil felt threatened by Bert And Ernie and his spelling mistake littered ramblings and you thought he'd take things up a notch. Is there room for so much retardom on 1 board?

Bert And Ernie

Judging by comments Bert And Ernie on here, I'm guessing that he actually had quite a lot of 'snow' days when he was a kid. Maybe Bert and ernies career could remove that dummy out of backside.. And we can get back to the Adults debating

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Newbribge, Newbridge says...
11:03am Sun 21 Jun 09

Town centre regenerate it now
Commercial Street by the Tom Toya Spoons.. Lots of Boarded up Pubs and Shops and a few Kebab shops nobody goes to..

John Frost Square looks nice apart from they booted out The Works and replaced them with 2 junk shops.. Put that new Asda in the Shops and make the Car Park free that will attract people..

But they layed off the Builders so the Car Park can't be finished..

The Bus Station car park what a dump collapsing, held up with scaffolding, huge patches of damp water coming though.. The area round the Bus Station derelict buildings a grubby cafe, Officers Club booted out and replaced with a Junk/£1 shop.. And that Dump the Potters for older Chavs, which the Council is also suppose to demolish..

High Street - Pub and Betting Shop Street..

Granted the Market is nice shame we have the Prostitute hangout the Cross Keys next door to it.. Probably the Sesames Street duo favorite place it's the only place they get to talk Woman abliet having to hand there Credit cards over

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Brighton_1975, Zooport says...
9:54am Mon 22 Jun 09

Council leader Matthew Evans said: “This is a good news story and, make no mistake, if we weren’t hosting the Ryder Cup next year, this funding would not have been forthcoming. This is all about providing a long-lasting legacy for the community.”

Right… so Mr Evans is saying that this funding is purely to paper over the cracks so that the world's media won't see the real neglect (caused in part by years of council inadequacy). From where I'm sitting this will leave no legacy whatsoever for Newport.

It will be interesting to see what will happen after the Ryder Cup has been and gone. Judging why what has been done in the 4-5 years leading up to the 'world's 3rd largest sporting event' then I don't hold out for much hope.

Oh, and whoever says that all of Newport needs demolishing clearly hasn't set foot outside of the city centre.

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Bobevans, Newport says...
6:51am Wed 24 Jun 09

THis Ryder Cup nonscence is wearing very thin. What happened to all the funding they kept waffling on about for the past 7 years? It seems to have used to turn most of the town centre into down town dump and dive.

Never mind Councillor Evens will mention the magic word Ryder Cup & the Funding it will bring yet again and like Brown he will hope someone wll believe him.


The long lasting legacy I think is the half demolished town centre with the other half in the process of falling down

But dont worry the Ryder Cup is coming next year. Just where do they find these idiots?

Newport is in a mess & will remain a mess whilst we have these various bungling fools running it.

How these people can blatently lie to the electorate of Newport I do not know. Mind you we have Brown doing the same at a UK level.


So much for all the Spensing was going to showcase Newport.

The only Showcase it will be is to show how incompetent these people are.

I bet these same politians will keep the VIP's well clear of the town centre.

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