Local Labour AM Jeff Cuthbert has welcomed the recently-announced plans to open a £6 million sports centre for excellence at Ystrad Mynach in his constituency.
The bulk of the funding for the project was secured through a ‘Section 106’ agreement when the new Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr was completed last year. A funding gap of just under £1 million remains.
Jeff Cuthbert AM said: “I very much welcome the news that Caerphilly County Borough Council plans to open a £6 million sports complex at Ystrad Mynach within the next couple of years.
“Credit to the Labour councillors who worked very hard to secure the new Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr at its current location after funding had been allocated by the Labour Welsh Government. If none of this had happened, building this exciting new sports complex wouldn’t be possible.
“However, I think Caerphilly County Borough Council are being a bit cheeky asking the Welsh Government to plug the remaining funding gap. This Council has decided to freeze Council Tax so presumably they felt that they had enough money. Didn’t they know that there was this £900,000 gap?
“I’m sure that, with local government elections looming, the Council will be unveiling a whole raft of exciting new projects in the next couple of months.”
