Transport - What are we doing?

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Much of our work to develop transport infrastructure focuses on making more sustainable transport easier and reducing carbon emissions from road use.

This page is designed to show you some examples of the transport work the Council is doing as part of Project Zero.


Carbon net Zero resurfacing trial

Skomer Road resurfacingIn September 2024, our Highways Maintenance Team worked with Miles Macadam to resurface Skomer Road in Barry with net-zero road material. This is part of a trial to introduce long-term, sustainable highway maintenance programmes into the Vale of Glamorgan.

The road was resurfaced using with Biopave™, a unique surfacing system designed to capture carbon within the road surface and prevent its release into the atmosphere.

Biopave™ has provided the Council and local residents with a durable, sustainable surface which will significantly reduce the environmental impact of road construction and maintenance.

The project also used Welsh steel slag aggregate, which greatly lowered the carbon footprint by eliminating the need to mine new materials.



Travel with Care scheme

In October 2023, we partnered with active travel charity Sustrans Cymru to pilot our Travel with Care scheme here in the Vale of Glamorgan.

The scheme enables care workers to borrow an e-bike and the extra kit needed for them to use it in all seasons.

Not only does the project make it easier for domiciliary care workers to travel for work around the Vale, but it also promotes Active Travel by making sustainable means of transport more accessible to individuals in our community.

Since the pilot project launched, feedback from local carers has been extremely positive.

In addition to encouraging sustainable active travel, the project has been beneficial to care workers by enabling them to travel further, meaning they have been able to pick up more work within the area.



Improved Active Travel Routes and Biodiversity at Eglwys Brewis

Active Transport improvements Eglwys Brewis

In 2024, the new Eglwys Brewis Active Travel route linking Cowbridge Road, St Athan and the Northern Access Road opened.

Funded by an Welsh Government Active Travel Grant, these improvements are designed to support the health and well-being of communities and encourage active methods of travel across Wales.

During the development of the scheme we took special care to ensure that we remain sympathetic to the needs of the existing wildlife. We have retained the existing treeline and maintained the same level of lighting so that bat populations and other wildlife will not be negatively impacted by the new changes.

To increase the biodiversity in the area, our Parks Team have also planted 26 local species of trees, 1800m2 of grassland, 140m2 of various bulb planting areas and 740m2 of low level planting and shrub areas.



Romilly Primary School Active Travel Improvements

Bike shed at Romilly Primary School

Romilly Primary School is amongst 300 schools in Wales to implement improvements that help pupils to travel actively to school.

Following a call to action from Welsh Government for schools to create their own Active Travel School Plan (ATSP), Romilly Primary have made enhancements to road safety, encouraged physical activity, and given families more options for school transport.

Some highlights of Romilly’s success include the implementation of a new eco-friendly bike shelter, and improvements to pavements outside the school.

Romilly’s development may also grant access to funding, through schemes like Welsh Government’s Safe Routes in Communities.

Active travel school plans are important to us in the Vale, and Romilly's hard work has resulted in children and adults having safer and more sustainable ways to travel to school.


View this page in Welsh / Gweld y tudalen hwn yn Gymraeg


Much of our work to develop transport infrastructure focuses on making more sustainable transport easier and reducing carbon emissions from road use.

This page is designed to show you some examples of the transport work the Council is doing as part of Project Zero.


Carbon net Zero resurfacing trial

Skomer Road resurfacingIn September 2024, our Highways Maintenance Team worked with Miles Macadam to resurface Skomer Road in Barry with net-zero road material. This is part of a trial to introduce long-term, sustainable highway maintenance programmes into the Vale of Glamorgan.

The road was resurfaced using with Biopave™, a unique surfacing system designed to capture carbon within the road surface and prevent its release into the atmosphere.

Biopave™ has provided the Council and local residents with a durable, sustainable surface which will significantly reduce the environmental impact of road construction and maintenance.

The project also used Welsh steel slag aggregate, which greatly lowered the carbon footprint by eliminating the need to mine new materials.



Travel with Care scheme

In October 2023, we partnered with active travel charity Sustrans Cymru to pilot our Travel with Care scheme here in the Vale of Glamorgan.

The scheme enables care workers to borrow an e-bike and the extra kit needed for them to use it in all seasons.

Not only does the project make it easier for domiciliary care workers to travel for work around the Vale, but it also promotes Active Travel by making sustainable means of transport more accessible to individuals in our community.

Since the pilot project launched, feedback from local carers has been extremely positive.

In addition to encouraging sustainable active travel, the project has been beneficial to care workers by enabling them to travel further, meaning they have been able to pick up more work within the area.



Improved Active Travel Routes and Biodiversity at Eglwys Brewis

Active Transport improvements Eglwys Brewis

In 2024, the new Eglwys Brewis Active Travel route linking Cowbridge Road, St Athan and the Northern Access Road opened.

Funded by an Welsh Government Active Travel Grant, these improvements are designed to support the health and well-being of communities and encourage active methods of travel across Wales.

During the development of the scheme we took special care to ensure that we remain sympathetic to the needs of the existing wildlife. We have retained the existing treeline and maintained the same level of lighting so that bat populations and other wildlife will not be negatively impacted by the new changes.

To increase the biodiversity in the area, our Parks Team have also planted 26 local species of trees, 1800m2 of grassland, 140m2 of various bulb planting areas and 740m2 of low level planting and shrub areas.



Romilly Primary School Active Travel Improvements

Bike shed at Romilly Primary School

Romilly Primary School is amongst 300 schools in Wales to implement improvements that help pupils to travel actively to school.

Following a call to action from Welsh Government for schools to create their own Active Travel School Plan (ATSP), Romilly Primary have made enhancements to road safety, encouraged physical activity, and given families more options for school transport.

Some highlights of Romilly’s success include the implementation of a new eco-friendly bike shelter, and improvements to pavements outside the school.

Romilly’s development may also grant access to funding, through schemes like Welsh Government’s Safe Routes in Communities.

Active travel school plans are important to us in the Vale, and Romilly's hard work has resulted in children and adults having safer and more sustainable ways to travel to school.