Aberconwy MP welcomes Prime Minister to Penmaenmawr plant

Increasing demand from infrastructure projects across the UK is helping to spur investment and drive job creation.

The Prime Minister heard how projects such as HS2 high-speed rail and the building of new nuclear power stations at Sizewell and Hinkley, is driving demand for high quality Welsh granite.

As part of their strategy to meet rising demand and to reduce CO2 emissions caused by vehicle movements, Hanson Aggregates are investing in their Penmaenmawr facility.

In December, they reopened the North Wales railhead in the town, allowing 250,000 tonnes a year of materials to be loaded directly onto rail.

Mr Millar said: “North Wales is a region of vast potential that has been overlooked and underfunded for more than two decades.

“Communities in Aberconwy and across North Wales have been forced to endure an economic decline that did not need to happen.

“The planned upgrades to the A55, vital for economic development across North Wales, were put on hold by Welsh government and the funds diverted elsewhere in Wales.

“Upgraded rolling stock that we were promised for our North Wales railways has not been delivered - but they have appeared in South Wales.

"Once again, it is North Wales that has to continue to endure unreliable services and frequent overcrowding.

“So I was delighted to welcome the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to Penmaenmawr yesterday, his second visit to Aberconwy in eight months, to see how the Government’s levelling up program is helping to create high skilled employment opportunities here and throughout the UK.

“I’d like to echo the Prime Minister’s appreciation to the management and entire team at Hansons for the warm welcome that they extended during his visit.

“I look forward to doing all that I can in the months and years ahead to support this important local employer in continuing to flourish - and the community of Penmaenmawr that hosts them.”