Carl Sargeant, the Minister for Housing and Regeneration has given the green light to £36 million of regeneration projects in North Wales.

Thursday 05 June 2014

Anglesey (£7.49m), Conwy (£12.02m), Flintshire (£6.02m) and Wrexham (£10.59m) were all successful in bidding for funding through the Welsh Government's Vibrant and Viable Places regeneration scheme. The Minister has now outlined the projects proposed by the local authorities which he has now offered to fund.

The Minister said: "I'm delighted with the range of excellent projects which we will be supporting through this scheme. This Welsh Government funding will see a number of exciting developments and improvements made across North Wales, whilst at the same time creating hundreds of jobs and helping to provide for the community.

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"I've made no secret of my priority of providing more good quality homes across Wales and so it will come as no surprise that many of the proposed regeneration projects have this at their heart.

"There are projects targeted at renovating empty properties and bringing them back into use, attracting more people to live in town centres and improving the quality and energy efficiency of homes and businesses, for example.

"But I've also approved significant funding for a wide range of different projects, including further development at Colwyn Bay Waterfront, a Creative Industries and Arts Centre Development in Wrexham, improvements to the appearance of Deeside town centre and the regeneration of the Market Hall in Anglesey."

(CD/MH)