#MARINA NEWS - A new €124 million marina development in Holyhead has been given the go-ahead by Anglesey councillors, as the North Wales Chronicle reports.
The residential and retail development by Conygar Stenaline will include a 500-berth marina, restaurants, a hotel and more than 320 waterfront homes, and could create up to 700 jobs in the port town, which is one of Wales and England's principal logistical and passenger ferry links to Ireland.
A report to Anglesey Council's planning committee stated that the new scheme's "contribution to the local economy is likely to be significant."
However the development plans have faces criticism locally. Campaigners staged a protest against the project upon the news this week, while Holyhead councillor told the Chronicle: "We do not have to give our own heritage to private developers.
"Our beaches are our family silver and our heritage," he said.
The final decision on the development will be made by the Welsh Government as the plans depart from the council's adopted development proposals.
The North Wales Chronicle has more on the story HERE.
