{"id":2544,"date":"2026-03-12T02:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T02:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/?page_id=2544"},"modified":"2026-07-16T02:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:08:41","slug":"tfw-pilot-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/projects\/tfw-pilot-study\/","title":{"rendered":"TfW-Pilot Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

Climate Change and Flooding Risk on the Core Valleys Network of TfW – Pilot Study<\/h3>\n
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\"\"This is a pilot project for Transport for Wales (TfW) and aims to:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0assess the availability, solution and shortcomings of existing system data sets in the Core Valleys Lines (CVL) of the Transport for Wale (TfW) networks, in particularly the catchment of\n
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    • the River Cynon between Aberdare and Abercynon;<\/li>\n
    • the Rhondda River between Tonypandy and Porth;\u00a0 and<\/li>\n
    • the Rhymney River between Rhymney and Pontlottyn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • design a project management programme for the development of an operational flood warning system.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      Climate Change and Flooding Risk on the Core Valleys Network of TfW – Pilot Study This is a pilot project for Transport for Wales (TfW) and aims to: \u00a0assess the availability, solution and shortcomings of existing system data sets in the Core Valleys Lines (CVL) of the Transport for Wale (TfW) networks, in particularly the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1083,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2544","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6QOqN-F2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2602,"url":"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/projects\/tfw-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":2544,"position":0},"title":"TfW Project","author":"CoastalRes@Cardiff","date":"16\/07\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Climate Change and Flooding Risk on the Core Valleys Network of TfW Built on\u00a0the pilot study, this project is to develop an operational\u00a0decision support system\u00a0for TfW to fully assess the vulnerability and flood risk on Cardiff Core Valley Lines (CVLs) strategically under the changing climate, including the following Work Packages\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/files\/2026\/07\/CVLs-360x480.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":27,"url":"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/projects\/","url_meta":{"origin":2544,"position":1},"title":"Projects","author":"CoastalRes@Cardiff","date":"08\/10\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The group currently is involved in the following research projects. 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