Neath Port Talbot council - a residents view! (Neath & Port Talbot County Borough Council)

Member Name: m19thw

Product:	Neath & Port Talbot County Borough Council
Date:	11/01/09 (14 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Schools are good, refuse collection is okay...

Disadvantages: Empty shops and buildings in main shopping areas making it look like a ghost town

I think that on the whole the Council are doing a pretty good job, the schools are okay, my rubbish and recycling get collected weekly, and everything seems to be running pretty smoothly.

The new relief road should be good, though i think that something needs to be done to lift the community aspect of the community but also the general regeneration of the town. Whilst certain areas have received grants etc and all of that (especially houses in the areas close to the new roads that they have built so that people think its a nice area!), the general opinion of Port Talbot in particular is pretty poor, which is compounded by many shops which are empty in Station Rd, and the Art Deco Plaza which has had nothing done to it for years.

Some money put towards those aspects of the town would help, maybe reduced business rates or grants for new businesses in the town centre or Station Rd to encourage business and enterprise?

Summary: Would be nice to see the empty businesses given a new lease of life.