Plans worth over £50 million have been unveiled aimed to transform Caerphilly town centre.
The ambitious strategy will take place over a 15-year period and will include a new boutique hotel, a new leisure centre and a £30 million station.
It includes £5 million plans to turn Caerphilly Castle into a big tourist attraction complete with a new visitor centre, which was announced in 2021.
Councillor Philippa Marsden announced the details of the investment which is supported by the Welsh Governments Transforming Towns programme.
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The main elements of the ‘Caerphilly 2035’ programme include:
- A new £30 million transport interchange in the heart of the town centre
- A major £15 million mixed retail and residential development
- The creation of a new ‘Boutique’ hotel development at Park lane
- £5 million investment in new visitor facilities at the historic Caerphilly Castle
- Plans to create an ambitious new Leisure Quarter offering new leisure, retail, commercial and business opportunities in the town centre.
Cllr Marsden said: “We are excited to launch this much anticipated blueprint to redevelop Caerphilly Town as part of Welsh Governments Transforming Towns funding. The Caerphilly 2035 project is an ambitious plan that sets out aspirations to adapt and evolve the town over the next 15 years. A series of core ambitions, involving key intervention areas and a clear set of projects that can be progressed and implemented to guide growth, to make Caerphilly a more diverse and successful town centre."
Cllr Eluned Stenner, cabinet member for regeneration said: “Over the next 10 years and beyond, we will see a significant investment to transform Caerphilly town centre and, working with our partners in Welsh Government, we hope that the delivery of these projects will aid the Covid recovery effort and ensure Caerphilly remains a great place to do business now and in the future.
"This investment will complement our ongoing Place Shaping Strategy that involves investment totalling £500 million being pumped into communities across the length and breadth of the Caerphilly county borough."
More information about the various elements within the Caerphilly 2035 blueprint will be announced by Caerphilly County Borough Council over the coming months as the different aspects of the plan progress.
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