A Labour Assembly Panellist who is seeking selection for the South Wales Central List is calling on the Assembly to do something about the neglected parks in the region.
Jonathan Bishop, an Observer columnist for Treforest, says that successive local authorities have neglected the park off Lawn Terrace in Treforest and the one at Nant Celyn in Efail Isaf.
“It is wrong that these parks have been able to get into this state“, he said,”I often walk in Nant Celyn with my family and it is a disgrace that the pond has built up with weeds and the council has done nothing about it.” He continued, saying, “People in Treforest have been put off taking their children to the park off Lawn Terrace because of the state it has become and It is not good enough for the Assembly to allow the building of housing without giving councils enough money to provide parks and recreation facilities for local people.”
After calling on people to sign a environment petition to be sent to the European Parliament, Mr Bishop is keen to show that the environment is a local as well as global issue and says he will put the environment at the heart of his campaign if he is successful in becoming an Assembly Candidate.