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The wraps have come off two new high-potential strategic business and employment sites in Carmarthenshire. Welsh Government Leader of the House Jane Hutt AM was amongst the first to see phase one of the Cross Hands East strategic employment site – 22 acres of prime development space set out over nine plots with potential for major employment. The development site is being marketed to the private sector, particularly those in the field of advanced manufacturing, financial/professional, creative agri-technology and environmental services, with opportunities to build high quality commercial premises right next to the A48/M4 road network. The £14.5million strategic employment site was funded by Carmarthenshire County Council, Welsh Government and European Regional Development Fund. The council is contributing a further £1million to encourage development at the Cross Hands East site in the form of property development grants. Jane Hutt met with Carmarthenshire County Council’s economic de...

Carmarthenshire County Council is ready to make a start on the Cross Hands East Strategic Employment Site this spring. The local authority has now secured the necessary land to enable the implementation of the first phase of the development which will be able to accommodate 1,244 jobs. Having pursued a Compulsory Purchase Order it has been confirmed that the council now has the necessary right to enter and develop the site. It is now intended to commence with construction works in the spring with the construction process to progress for the duration of 2014 and reach a conclusion early 2015. The employment site will cover 19 hectares with potential building floor space of 40,000sqm. The current project aims to build the first phase of the entire site which includes: a new access road from the A48 to Black Lion Road and the preparation of five development plots. The funding for the scheme is made up of £9m from the Welsh Government, including the Western Valleys Regeneration Ar...