People From Wrexham - Future Development

Future Development

Plans to build a Premier Inn hotel have been approved on a disused scrapyard in regent street, Wrexham. The development is a 83-bed hotel across the road from Wrexham General railway station and is expected to create 33 full-time and part-time jobs. Work has started on the Premier inn hotel and is expected to be completed by mid-2013.

Wrexham to Chester railway lines are expected to be re-doubled at a cost of £36 million. The works are expected to be completed by early 2015.

Redevelopment of the Kop stand at the Racecourse stadium is expected to proceed in the coming years with the owners of the stadium recruiting a development director named Paul Fletcher to push forward plans for the Kop. The centenary club has undergone a refurbishment, coinciding with this development the centenary club has now become the student guild for Glyndwr University, as well as the matchday bar. The current developments at the Racecourse is the extension of the commercial shop, which will extend the opportunities for selling merchandise and a larger area for the ticket office.

Western Gateway project is a long-term development proposed by the Wrexham council as a third phase of the Wrexham technology park focusing on companies that can help drive the local economy with better paid jobs while focusing on an eco friendly approach from design to construction.

Liverpool donated £100,000 to a study of electrification of the Wrexham to Bidston railway line, and a possible rail link to the North Wales coast line. This would open new rail links to the east, and the urban area of Liverpool. The line was put on indefinite hold following a larger than expected cost projection by Network Rail.