New hub showcases Llanelli's future
A central hub showcasing a portfolio £60million of regeneration developments about Llanelli opened in the town centre last night.
Over the last year Llanelli has had buildings in full metal jackets of scaffolding and swirling cranes have hovered over fast rising stuctures as the town strides into the future.
Many people are puzzled at the scale and pace of the development most of which will be completed by the autumn of 2012.
County executive board member for regeneration Cllr Clive Scourfield said: “We have been talking about redeveloping Llanelli for such a long time and been snagged by so many difficulties down the years that now it is coming together and happening at pace there is a denial by some that it is happening at all.
“To address this very problem the former Burton’s building in Stepney Square, opposite Lloyd’s Bank has been transformed into an information centre on the five projects being delivered.”
From Friday it will be manned with staff able to answer questions and explain just what is taking place and being delivered in the new Llanelli dawning.
Each new development element has its own hub within the showcase and there will be updated photographs, literature and fly throughs available as the new Eastern Quarter leisure development progresses.
The five major projects evolving will showcase a wide range of arts, entertainment, leisure and business opportunities.
They include the £25-million East Gate project being created by Britannia Construction and Henry Davidson Developments.
By the autumn of 2012 the new £1million bus interchange will be serving the delivery of the second phase which includes a new Odeon multiplex cinema which is itself expected to boost town centre footfall by more than 300,000 annually, a 53-bed hotel, 2,000sqm of office space, shops, pubs restaurants and a new 240 car park. It will all add up to a huge boost to the town’s day and night-time economic regeneration.
Other Showcase elements include a new theatre, arts and social enterprise complex called Ffwrnes costing £14.6million; the refurbishments of Llanelly House - £6million of Lottery heritage funding; Llanelli Library £3.5million and extensive new town centre improvements in Vaughan and Stepney Street’s including canopies and lighting which has attracted a Welsh Assembly grant of £7.5million.
Businesses applying for the grants will be assessed on the number of jobs safequarded or provided; the number of buildings improved; quality of design and the number of businesses working in partnership to improve the environmental image.
Eligible works include the replacement of shop frontages, re-rendering, new windows, signage, rainwater goods and painting.
Anyone interested in applying for Town Centre Grant assistance should contact county physical regeneration project officer Simon Rees on 01554 742173.
Over the last year Llanelli has had buildings in full metal jackets of scaffolding and swirling cranes have hovered over fast rising stuctures as the town strides into the future.
Many people are puzzled at the scale and pace of the development most of which will be completed by the autumn of 2012.
County executive board member for regeneration Cllr Clive Scourfield said: “We have been talking about redeveloping Llanelli for such a long time and been snagged by so many difficulties down the years that now it is coming together and happening at pace there is a denial by some that it is happening at all.
“To address this very problem the former Burton’s building in Stepney Square, opposite Lloyd’s Bank has been transformed into an information centre on the five projects being delivered.”
From Friday it will be manned with staff able to answer questions and explain just what is taking place and being delivered in the new Llanelli dawning.
Each new development element has its own hub within the showcase and there will be updated photographs, literature and fly throughs available as the new Eastern Quarter leisure development progresses.
The five major projects evolving will showcase a wide range of arts, entertainment, leisure and business opportunities.
They include the £25-million East Gate project being created by Britannia Construction and Henry Davidson Developments.
By the autumn of 2012 the new £1million bus interchange will be serving the delivery of the second phase which includes a new Odeon multiplex cinema which is itself expected to boost town centre footfall by more than 300,000 annually, a 53-bed hotel, 2,000sqm of office space, shops, pubs restaurants and a new 240 car park. It will all add up to a huge boost to the town’s day and night-time economic regeneration.
Other Showcase elements include a new theatre, arts and social enterprise complex called Ffwrnes costing £14.6million; the refurbishments of Llanelly House - £6million of Lottery heritage funding; Llanelli Library £3.5million and extensive new town centre improvements in Vaughan and Stepney Street’s including canopies and lighting which has attracted a Welsh Assembly grant of £7.5million.
Businesses applying for the grants will be assessed on the number of jobs safequarded or provided; the number of buildings improved; quality of design and the number of businesses working in partnership to improve the environmental image.
Eligible works include the replacement of shop frontages, re-rendering, new windows, signage, rainwater goods and painting.
Anyone interested in applying for Town Centre Grant assistance should contact county physical regeneration project officer Simon Rees on 01554 742173.
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