Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies and Cabinet Secretary for Finance Mark Drakeford visited the Walters Dyffryn Rhondda Tip Stabilisation project in the Afan Valley yesterday(19th March 2025). They confirmed nearly £34 million of investment to deliver safety works to 130 coal tip sites across Wales, similar in scope to the work Walters have done at Dyffryn Rhondda. This funding will be part of the Welsh Government's Coal Tip Safety Grant Scheme and will now allow 10 local authorities to carry out safety works to tip sites across Wales.

Walters have recently completed Phase 1 of the tip stabilisation works at the former coal tip site in the Afan Valley of Neath Port Talbot. Walters reinstated the four worst areas of the riverbank by installing block stone walls. Walters have recently mobilised on the 17/03/2025 to commence Phase 2 works, which involve protecting the remainder of the riverbank from further deterioration by installing more block stone walls and repair measures to existing gabion baskets, which encompasses the scope envisaged for the 2nd phase of this important project.