New school saga could be over as decision 'close'

A DECISION on a long-awaited new special school in Llanelli could finally be made this month. Carmarthenshire Council's cabinet member for education and Welsh language, Cllr Glynog Davies, said he intended to bring forward a "definitive proposal" to colleagues at a meeting on July 31.

- RICHARD YOULE

Cabinet previously supported two options to replace oversubscribed Ysgol Heol Goffa but wanted to know more about costs and design feasibility work.

Cllr Davies, of Plaid Cymru, told a meeting of full council on July 23 that a lot of work had now been done on this.

He had been asked by Labour opposition leader Cllr Deryk Cundy to give parents peace of mind by saying when the "promised state-of-the-art" replacement school would be ready for pupils, given that it had been eight years since the previous Plaid leader had said one would be built.

A replacement school was agreed but the plans were shelved last year due to soaring costs.