Plaid: Swansea to benefit from One Wales Investment
Plaid Cymru in government is doing all that it can to help the people of Wales to weather the economic storm. That was the message today from Plaid AM Dr. Dai Lloyd.
The Plaid AM was responding to the One Wales Government’s announcement that a further 10 projects across Wales, including a £3.5m investment at the Glyn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea, are set to benefit from strategic capital investment.
As well as providing high quality public services, these projects will give a must-needed boost to the beleaguered construction industry.
Dr. Lloyd pointed out that the money had the potential to create over three thousand jobs across Wales while tackling climate change, increasing the availability of affordable housing, and improving education and health services for Welsh communities.
Dr. Lloyd said:
“This is exactly the kind of action that is needed from government in these tough economic times. Plaid in government is investing money strategically in order to create jobs and to help the people of Wales to weather this economic storm.
“The £3.5m investment in the Glyn Vivian in Swansea will bring about economic benefits locally with the creation of jobs and potential contracts for local companies.
“When Plaid went into government we committed to increasing the availability of affordable housing and to addressing the educational and health needs of our communities. These Wales-wide investments do just that, including £20m for affordable housing and £8m for the children’s hospital.
“People can count on the Plaid driven Welsh government to put its money where its mouth is and do what it can to help the communities of Wales to weather the economic storm.”
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Notes to editors:
Allocations have been agreed for sums up to £118.3 million from the Welsh Assembly Government’s Strategic Capital Investment Fund.
The ten projects to which funding has been allocated are:
£20m for affordable housing.
£35m for the Ebbw Vale Learning Works including development of 3-16 school provision and a sports/leisure and arts centre.
£12m for the Taf Ely Learning Campus
£5.3m for school buildings in Gwynedd.
£10m for three emergency Strategic Coordination Centres.
£15m for an arts and science centre at Bangor University.
£8.5m for a new Emergency Care Centre at Prince Charles Hospital.
£8m for the Children’s Hospital for Wales.
£3.5m for the Glyn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.
£975,000 for eco-lighting at 17 monuments.
