Work on regenerating Port Talbot’s former docks area is to begin.
It is hoped the improvement work at the Harbourside Strategic Employment site will be a catalyst for Neath Port Talbot Council’s redevelopment of the town’s former docklands into a thriving waterfront business and industrial centre, attracting further private investment to help drive employment growth.
Once the improvement work is completed by the Port Talbot-based contractors Andrew Scott Ltd, the site will provide land for industrial and office users maximising the advantage of the site’s closeness to the town centre and to excellent transport links.
The project includes remediation of former brownfield land, construction of access roads, the upgrading of existing highway to an adoptable standard and flood mitigation measures.
The improvement scheme, which expected to take around 10 months, has secured £2.7m worth of funding from the European Regional Development Fund via the Welsh Government and there will be benefits for property developers and both new and existing businesses at the Harbourside Strategic Employment site and its surrounding areas.
Project outputs include:
- 3 hectares land developed
- 240m length of highway created
- 205m length of highway improved
- 240m length of active travel route created
- 2.5 hectares – areas of development land with improved access
- 0.2 hectares of additional car parking space created.
The work will seek to help facilitate the delivery of Neath Port Talbot Council’s Supporting Innovation and Low Carbon Growth Swansea Bay City Deal project, once funding approval has been secured.
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