GATEWAY PLAN HITS £100M INVESTMENT

Proposals will transform the city centre of Wrexham

- By OWEN HUGHES Business Correspondent [e-mail]

A landmark commercial development is planned for the redevelopment of Wrexham. Inset, Alistair Aldridge; Wrexham Gateway Project Manager, Wrexham Borough Council and Ken Skates MS Clwyd South

THE Wrexham Gateway scheme is powering ahead as the “final pieces of the jigsaw” are put in place to unlock major private investment, business leaders will be told.

The Mold Road development has now surged past the £100 million mark, making it the biggest regeneration scheme the city has ever seen, according to Wrexham County Borough Council project manager Alistair Aldridge.

The huge plan includes a new transport hub and public plaza at Wrexham General Railway Station, a flagship office building, a Wrexham Lager brewery, tap room and museum, and the new Kop stand at Wrexham AFC's Racecourse ground.

Mr Aldridge will provide an update on progress at the next meeting of the Wrexham Business Professionals group at the Maesgwyn Hall on Friday, March 6.

Clwyd South MS Ken Skates, the Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, who has been a key supporter of the project, will also speak at the meeting.