Llanelli Railway Goods Shed Public Consultation Event

The team behind the ambitious Llanelli Railway Goods Shed project will be holding a major public consultation event this week.

The Goods Shed team will be staging a roadshow at the St Elli shopping centre from Thursday, April 14 through to Saturday, April 16.

“We are very keen on involving the people of Llanelli and Carmarthenshire with every stage of the project,” said Llanelli Railway Goods Shed Trust project officer Robert Lloyd.

“During the five years of the project, we have had regular consultation events in Llanelli and Carmarthenshire. But the event this week will be our biggest yet.

“Getting the views (and the ideas) of the public is hugely important to us. This is the biggest independent project of its kind in Carmarthenshire and West Wales and we want the community to feel they are playing a part in every stage of the development of the Goods Shed plan.

“We are planning to put information leaflets through the doors of all the houses neighbouring the site. We are very keen on hearing what people think about the project and what facilities they would like to see provided in the revamped Goods Shed.

“This week, we are also releasing the first artistic impressions of what the renovated building could look like.

“Our team of consultants includes the award-winning architects Davies Sutton, a company renowned as specialists in conservation architecture. They have been working closely with all the key players in the project to provide a sustainable plan for the future of the building.”

“The dialogue with the public is being cranked up to a whole new level.

“We are slap bang in the middle of what we call our development phase, conducting the site surveys and other preparatory work needed before we can complete further applications for capital funding.

“The key message we want to get across is that this is a project designed to breathe new life into what is an historic building. Getting the support of the community and tapping into everyone’s ideas for the project is crucially important as the plans for the future use of the building take shape.”

The Goods Shed project aims to save and restore the derelict 1875 Grade II Listed building (built in the Brunel style in Marsh Street) and bring it back into life as a dynamic multi-purpose hub for the community.

The whole scheme is currently estimated to cost £1.7million. More than £100,000 of development funding has been secured from the Big Lottery Wales CAT2 (capital asset transfer) scheme and the Heritage Lottery Fund in Wales.

If you would like to find out more, or have suggestions to make, please see the trust website http://www.llanellirailwaygoodsshedtrust.org.uk/ or contact project officer Robert Lloyd on rlloyd@btinternet.com  and 07777 683637.

Photos: Artistic impressions of the inside and outside of the renovated Goods Shed building.

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