Work being carried out on the new link road to Wrexham Industrial Estate from the Borras roundabout.
Wrexham is set to receive £7.3m of this year’s £11.5m Welsh Government National Transport Grant it has been announced.
The town will receive almost two thirds of the total and more than all other Welsh local authorities combined.
The money will go towards upgrading the second section of the Wrexham Industrial Estate link road.
The news comes within weeks of the announcement that £36.66m is to be allocated for the redoubling of the Chester to Wrexham train line, which will be completed by 2015.
Commenting on the news Wrexham AM Lesley Griffiths said: “I am delighted at this additional funding. The funds will allow completion of the second section of the industrial estate link road to go ahead within schedule.
“The modernisation of the link road will enable Wrexham Industrial Estate to boast transport links competitive with anywhere in the UK making it more attractive than ever to business.
“This also comes alongside news of the planned redoubling of the Wrexham to Chester line by 2015, also thanks to Welsh Government funds.
“The two projects represent a significant upgrade to our local transport infrastructure which will provide a long term boost to jobs and the economy of the town. In addition, they will provide a welcome jobs boost to local supply chains while under construction.
“Through allocating almost two thirds of this year’s Transport Grant to the town, the Welsh Government has shown a solid commitment to providing Wrexham with a transport infrastructure second to none.”
John Wrexham
April 10, 2012 at 8:24pmThere’ll be a lot more people using the line when it is re-doubled because the capacity will be increased (for obvious reasons) – one train an hour to Chester is not enough to meet demand – and it will be possible to have additional stations and halts ideally at Gresford and Rossett. It’s a total no-brainer. Ernie Sharples (the p[laceman of the British Road Corporation) and his henchman, Dr Beeching have a lot to answer for in bequeathing us such a disjointed railway system, though the bizarre method of privatising the railways brought in by John Major’s government didn’t exactly improve matters!!
Peter Thomas
April 05, 2012 at 9:45am@Roy Lewis You do realise that over 600,000 used Wrexham General Station last year and there has been a massive surge in people using the line hence the redoubling campaign that has been running and has been succesful at last. But hey lets not have facts clouding your rhetoric.
Roy Lewis
April 01, 2012 at 7:52amWhy waste that huge sum of money on re-doubling the Wrexham the Chester Railway Line when the number of potential users is virtually nil. It might have been attractive if Wrexham had achieved City Status, which we all know never did and never will. The Welsh Government at long last managed to allocate money for the Wrexham Industrial Road, much too late, half the factories that would have benefitted have gone.