Work begins to extend Shrewsbury Business Park
A £1.5m project to extend Shrewsbury Business Park, helping to create more than 600 jobs, is to start today.
The work will open up the remaining 6.29 acres of the business park, with the capacity to accommodate 150,000 square feet of office floor space, and a 10,000 square feet local centre with shops to serve the business park and neighbouring residents.
It will also create a new access road from Wenlock Road to an extended Anchorage Avenue and open up the western end of the site adjacent to Weeping Cross roundabout, which is a high profile location visible from the A5 bypass.
The project is funded by a £1.5m investment by Shropshire Council, which has awarded the contract for the work to contractors Alun Griffiths Contractors Ltd, following a competitive tendering process.
Work is expected to be completed by spring 2014.
Planning permission has been granted to developer Alaska to develop 150,000 square feet of office space once the infrastructure work is complete – helping to generate over £13m of private sector investment and create more than 600 jobs.
