A TOWN’S eyesore may be transformed into a ‘green gem’.
The Rhyl Cut, which has been described as a thorn in the side of the town, has been used as a dumping ground for years.
But now Denbighshire County Council and the Environment Agency are trying to get funding in place to pay for a dramatic remodelling of the Cut.
The council’s vision for the Cut would see the waterway cleaned up and resculpted.
Town councillor Joan Buttefield of the Foryd ward said: “All the residents and the town council are delighted with it. It’s been an area of neglect for many years and to have a proposal like this is lovely.
“It became a dumping ground, and was always silting up, but it could become something for Rhyl to be proud of.”
Cllr Butterfield said the remodelled Cut would include angling spots as well as a pleasant environment for walkers.
She said: “It was a thorn in the side. But this could lift people’s expectations. It’s difficult to get funding together but the plans seem realistic.”
County councillor Ian Gunning, who raised the issue of fly tipping at the Cut in the Summer, said he welcomed the proposition.
He said: “If we can get the funding for the project, one, we would alleviate the problem of silt by widening the size of the waterway, two, we would enable young people to use it for fishing and sporting, and three, it would tidy up the whole area.
“It would be somewhere for people to walk and enjoy their surroundings.”
The council’s proposal would create an access route for walkers and cyclists and a community fishery on land currently being used as a dumping ground within a deprived residential area.
The report says: “This is truly a community based project.”