Councils ‘lack the staff to bid for Welsh transport funding’

FUNDING

Depletion of local government transport expertise in Wales is starting to prevent some communities from accessing funding, the Welsh Government acknowledged last week.

The admission coincides with the fifth anniversary of the Government’s unexpected termination of funding for the four regional transport consortiums, which the 22 unitary authorities had come to rely on for some specialist skills. 

Most local authorities were unable to recruit officers to replace those lost from the...

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