Highways, Property and Works

Mr Huw .T. Morgan, Director

Director of Highways, Property and Works

Neuadd Cyngor Ceredigion, Penmorfa, Aberaeron, Ceredigion. SA46 0PA

Tel: 01545 572400

This is the Department that looks after the everyday services, from emptying your bins to cleaning the roads or repairing Council Houses or ensuring that new buildings are built to the appropriate standards. It employs nearly 900 staff ranging from roadmen to school kitchen staff as well as architects and engineers and the clerical and administrative staff necessary to support the wide-ranging functions managed by the Department.

There are two main administrative blocks at Aberaeron and Aberystwyth as well as depots and other offices in Aberystwyth, Lampeter, Aberaeron and Cardigan. Many of the staff will be employed at other sites throughout the County.

What we do:

• Collect refuse from 33,000 households and 1,400 businesses a week
• Collect over 40,000 tonnes of waste every year
• Recycle/compost over 15,000 tonnes of waste every year
• Manage, maintain and clean 2138km of highway
• Keep the roads clear of snow and ice in Winter
• Keep some 4,500 street lights operational
• Manage over 2,500 car parking spaces
• Subsidise, organise and monitor public transport services
• Monitor coast protection, sea and flood defences
• Manage the harbours
• Carry out road safety and traffic calming measures
• Promote cycling schemes
• Maintain 2,600km of footpaths and bridleways
• Manage and maintain the Council's fleet of vehicles
• Provide a seven day 24 hour emergency service
• Provide a building control service on all new buildings
• Maintain and clean all the Council’s buildings, land and properties
• Provide 6,300 school meals a day
• Manage the property helpdesk available to all tenants and building occupiers
• Maintain and optimise energy use in buildings
• Deal with dangerous buildings, liasing with the police and fire brigade

• Ensure the safety and adequacy of play areas
• Provide and maintain amenity spaces and gardens - Wales in Bloom
• Purchase catering supplies, meat and food from local suppliers
• Review security and risk management in all buildings
• Review disabled access to buildings
• Provide and maintain public conveniences throughout the county
• Manage the Council’s corporate estate properties
• Manage Council farms and smallholdings, markets, marts and industrial estates