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MY husband Ray Davies believed passionately in preserving our countryside. One of his last acts was to campaign against plans to build 300 houses on the outskirts of Bedwas. Such a development would choke the dangerous, narrow country road to Maesycymmer – already a morning and evening ratrace – with hundreds more cars, and create a traffic nightmare. We, the ratepayers, are the ones who would have to pay;  with no provision of schools, shops, footpaths or improved facilities in return for losing our precious countryside.
According to Caerphilly council’s budget report, planned service cuts this year include:
1) reductions in street lighting
2) 20 per cent reduction in resurfacing
3) 12 per cent reduction in footway resurfacing
4) 15 per cent reduction in planned and reactive land drainage maintenance, in an area prone to regular flooding
With these cuts looming, how can the council justify the huge costs to ratepayers of allowing Glyn Rhymni Farm to become a massive housing development?
If you care about our countryside, come to the site meeting at the junction of Pandymawr Road on Thursday at 10.45; and to the Planning committee on Wednesday September 9 at 5pm in Tredomen.