Regeneration boost for Bridgend
Bridgend has won £7.7m of European development money to regenerate its town centre. The cash boost will be used together with funding from Bridgend Council, which will deliver the scheme, and the Heritage Lottery Fund to create a £9m improvement package.
Through the scheme, announced by the Welsh Assembly Government, Court Road, Nolton Street South, Merthyr Mawr Road North, Cheapside, Derwen Road and Cross Street will receive new street furniture, commercial property upgrades and heritage works. Measures to improve pedestrian safety, accessibility and traffic management will also be taken.
Further work will be carried out in Elder Street, where a regeneration project has already begun, including better links with the existing pedestrian area. Links between developments and the heart of the town centre will also be improved.
David Sage, deputy leader of Bridgend Council, said: “Much of the work will be spent on the physical look of the town centre, preserving and enhancing historic and key buildings and upgrading properties to provide positive and attractive floorspace. But we will also be working alongside local businesses to make Bridgend a destination of choice.”
