Transport hub idea floated as part of new city plan

A NEW transport hub on The Strand is being looked at as part of a wider plan to guide future development in Swansea from the waterfront up to the very top of High Street.

- RICHARD YOULE

Plans for offices, retail, leisure and hospitality space, plus flats, public squares and new greenery between St Mary's Church and Oystermouth Road are separate to this new draft placemaking plan.

(SWANSEA COUNCIL)

Improvements to the High Street railway station plaza, Swansea Market and Lower Oxford Street shopping arcades are also being considered.

A public transport hub on The Strand would orientate east towards the River Tawe where several schemes are under way or planned and be a stone's throw from the railway station, whereas the city's main bus station is just under a mile to the south west.

A council report described the transport hub, market and shopping arcade ideas as "indicative only concept at this stage" - meaning it's very early days and added that other "regeneration interventions" were being explored.

The wider draft document they're part of is what's known as a place-making plan which will steer regeneration and investment over the next eight to 10 years.