Work starts next week (Monday 6th September) on the latest phase of an ambitious regeneration scheme that is helping to breathe new life into Bargoed Town Centre.
Construction work on an impressive new bus station will get underway, along with a scheme to link the new site with the High Street. This will involve the construction of new steps and the demolition of the former ‘Powercut’ building and adjacent property to provide a new pedestrian access to the town centre.
Alun Griffiths Contractors is carrying out the £2m contract, which is expected to last six months.
The relocation of Bargoed bus station to this purpose-built site at the northern end of the town (next to the existing railway station) will signal the next phase in the development of the town’s ‘Transport Hub’.
The new bus station will consist of five bays, and will also provide good pedestrian routes to the new retail development and Hanbury Road Car Park. The works will also include new Public Conveniences for the town, landscaping and quality street furniture including cycle stands, benches, signage and bis, street lighting and CCTV.
Cllr Ron Davies, Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Countryside said, “I am delighted that work is set to begin on this next exciting phase in the ongoing regeneration of Bargoed.”
“Bargoed is a key strategic town centre with a very proud history, and I am hopeful that these ambitious schemes will have an extremely positive impact and give Bargoed a vibrant future as a key shopping destination in the heart of the South Wales Valleys” he added.
In January this year, Deputy Minister of Housing and Regeneration Jocelyn Davies visited Bargoed to announce an £8.3m funding package for the major regeneration works for the town.
This includes money from the European Regional Development Fund and Targeted Match Funding through the Welsh Assembly Government.
It is also made up of Urban Renewal funding from Caerphilly County Borough Council as well as a Transport Grant and Heads of the Valleys programme funding which has already been secured through the Welsh Assembly Government.
For further information, please visit the Bargoed’ Big Idea website: www.caerphilly.gov.uk/bargoedsbigidea
