Calls for better public transport links to a North Wales industrial estate

Sam Rowlands, Member of the Welsh Parliament for North Wales, has called for improved public transport links to and from the Wrexham Industrial Estate.

Speaking in the Senedd, he said:

“I recently met with businesses from Wrexham industrial estate, including JCB, Platts Agriculture and Kellogg's, as well as Net World Sports, who met with me to explain the issues that they're experiencing around villages around Wrexham accessing public transport into the industrial estate and how that's impeding their ability to recruit from as wide a field as possible.

“There is a project under way at the moment to see how public transport can be improved on the industrial estate, but their frustration is the pace of delivering that and what the likely outcome may be.

“I wonder if you'd be willing to work with myself and those businesses on the industrial estate to ensure that any public transport to and from the industrial estate can be accelerated and can provide assurances to those businesses that it will meet the needs that they and their employees have.”

Ken Skates, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, said there was a public transport summit taking place in May, where he hoped to able to make an announcement about bus services in and around Wrexham related to the investment zone.

Mr Rowlands added:

“I do hope that the Welsh Government will take these real concerns on board as a matter of urgency and support the provision of a better public transport service to and from the Wrexham industrial estate.

“It is quite clearly something which is desperately needed as soon as possible and I will continue to support businesses who are calling for these improvements.”

Pictured - Sam Rowlands, Member of the Welsh Parliament for North Wales.