Answers call after marina funding blow

POLITICIANS have called for answers after a major backer of the Barry Waterfront redevelopment scheme decided to stop committing funds to it.

- TED PESKETT

Associated British Ports (ABP) announced last week that it would not be able to fund the marina element of the project, saying it would require "significant investment".

Vale of Glamorgan council leader Cllr Lis Burnett said the latest development would not affect other elements of the wider project, like a new public space and watersports centre.

However, opposition councillors and a Senedd Member have questioned how the project got to this point and where it goes from here.

Cllr Mark Hooper, Plaid Cymru councillor for the Waterfront area of Barry, said: "I am surprised by this most recent announcement by ABP. The market testing should have been completed long ago, before a vast amount of work and cost was undertaken by public officials and others.