Construction has started on the new £15 million joint Ambulance and Fire Services Resource Centre for Wrexham.

The Welsh Government is providing £8 million of capital funding towards the project.

Once completed the centre will provide better facilities for staff and improved services for the public in the Wrexham and surrounding area. It is the first centre of its kind to be purpose built and part funded by the Welsh Government. It will replace the existing fire station at Bradley Road in Wrexham, and the existing ambulance stations in Chirk and Wrexham.

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Wrexham Council has approved planning permission for the centre, which will be built near Wrexham Maelor Hospital, in Croesnewydd Road.

The new centre will include:

• A local community safety office.

• An eight-bay fire station.

• A six-bay ambulance station.

• A state-of-the-art training house and drill tower with a road traffic collision training area.

• Ambulance accommodation, including a fleet workshop, offices and deployment base for response staff.

• Facilities for staff, including a rest room, dining rooms, main office, lockers, meeting and training rooms, which will be shared by both services.

(CD/MH)