Plans by Swedish-based ferry firm Stena Line to redevelop the former Anglesey Aluminium site at Holyhead in North Wales into a low-carbon campus, could they claim, create up to 1,200 jobs.
The plans revealed by Stena Line, owner of the Port of Holyhead with its link to Dublin Port, will see the construction of a modern campus that they say will be suited for new business investment, jobs, and opportunity.
Such plans are aimed at revitalising the long disused site on Anglesey that Stena acquired in recent years, following the ending of smelting operations in 2009 and later used by the Orthios materials recycling facility that collapsed. The site includes the former Orthios jetty in the outer harbour where Afloat tracked the Stena Vision occupy following its withdraw from the Rosslare-Cherbourg route in late October. This having arisen from an internal review and with the proposed axing of up to 80 jobs across the ferry company.
As for the new plan in Holyhead, is to create around 200,000 sqm of development as part of a low-carbon campus, the Prosperity Parc with with the site generating £578 million GVA. Stena also claiming this would be the equivalent to increasing the economy on Anglesey alone by a third.
Public Consultation Event
More BusinessNewsWales reports on the proposed Properity Parc, including information on a public consultation exhibition event to be held by Stena on 10th December between 2pm and 7pm at the Holyhead Market Hall. Alternatively, the exhibition is available online here.
The port town of Holyhead as North Wales Live highlighted in 2022 is the poorest region in North Wales according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which is based on average net income per household and other criteria.
