Harbour Way
Harbour Way
Harbour Way is a strategic road to improve the links between the
A48 at Margam / M4 Junction 38 and breathe new economic life into
the Port Talbot docks area.
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This £107m three year project has been managed and delivered by
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and supported by the Welsh
Government and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
convergence programme.
Harbour Way will significantly improve access
to Harbourside - Port Talbot's multi million pound re-development
of 150 acres of the town's former docks quarter to transform the
area into a new knowledge focused business hub, creating hundreds
of skilled jobs. Plans are also in place for further
development phases of the wider Harbourside Park development as the
overall site has the capacity to accommodate an additional 75,000
sq ft of space with a potential investment of over £12m and
creation of a further 700 new jobs. Proposals are also in the
pipeline for a future residential and leisure offering which will
sit adjacent to the dockside and river corridor.
The three year construction phase has also
been instrumental in providing local supply chain and skilled
training and job opportunities in the Port Talbot area managed by
lead contractor, Costain. Over £40m worth of work (90% of which was
awarded to businesses in Wales) was sub-contracted through bespoke
'Meet the Buyer' events hosted by Costain to introduce local
suppliers to the project. 41 local residents have secured
sustainable jobs on the Harbour Way construction project and local
schools and university students have benefited from over 50 weeks
of work experience over the project lifetime.