[Report 1937] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1937
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    linked up with a major scheme for the whole of the Eastern Valleys when such a scheme would be promoted. During 1937 meetings of all the authorities in the Eastern Valleys were held and it was decided to go forward with a scheme for a Main Trunk Sewer and the formation of a Joint Sewerage Board. An application for a grant to- ward the cost of construction of the trunk sewer and the disposal works was made to the District Commissioner for Special Areas (Captain Geoffrey Crawsh^y), and through his good offices a substantial grant towards capital expenditure was promised. The Councils concerned were:— Blaenavon Urban District; Pontypool Urban District—which prior to 1935 comprised the Urban Districts of Abersychan, Pontypool and Panteg); and Cwmbran Urban District—(which prior to 1935 comprised the Urban Districts of Llantarnam and Llanfrechfa). A comprehensive scheme was ultimately prepared by Mr. John Taylor, Consultant Engineer, Westminster, comprising a Main Trunk Sewer from the top end of Blaenavon to disposal works at Ponthir. The scheme makes pro- vision for future development, utilisation of the present works at Llantarnam for storm water storage, and provision at the disposal site at Ponthir for full treatment of the sewage upon modern lines with a discharge of a high standard effluent into the Avon Llwyd. Mr. Nellson, an Engineering Inspector of the Ministry of Health, held an Inquiry at Pontypool on the 6th November, 1937, into the application of the Local Authorities concerned for an Order constituting a united district for the purposes of sewerage and sewage disposal. TTie Minister of Health has approved the application, but the actual scheme of works has yet to be en- quired into and approved. It is confidently hoped that the actual construction work entailed in the approved scheme will be commenced at an early date, and its completion will bring the Eastern Valleys into line with the other valleys in the industrial por- tion of the County, where Trunk Sewer Schemes are already in being and con- trolled by Joint Boards composed of representatives of the constituent author- ities, with decided advantage to the communal health,
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