HUW IMPRESSED BY PROGRESS ON BEXHILL ENTERPRISE PARK
Bexhill MP, Huw Merriman, visited the site of the North Bexhill Access
Road and Bexhill Enterprise Park recently week to see first-hand the
progress that has been made in linking north Bexhill to the new
employment and housing space for the community. Huw was given a tour of
the site by John Shaw, CEO of Seachange Sussex who are managing the
local regeneration project.
The North Bexhill Access Road will connect Ninfield Road, north of
Sidley, to the new Bexhill to Hastings Link Road. It is almost two
thirds complete and due to open in Spring 2018. In addition, work has
already started on a new office development which will sit alongside the
Glovers House block which was successfully leased on its completion in
December 2015 to Park Holidays. This new employment space, provisionally
named High Weald House, will offer quality small and medium offices to
businesses.
As well as new offices, the Bexhill Enterprise Park will provide space
for manufacturing and industrial enterprise. This will deliver business
growth and expansion for Bexhill and create more quality jobs for the
area.
Huw also heard how the plans for much-needed housing are developing and
of the interest from a local hotel chain who feel confident that the
Bexhill Enterprise Park is a good place in which to invest.
After the visit Huw said "It was great to see the road already so far
advanced and with it the opening up of new opportunities for business
and housing. I am confident that the Bexhill Enterprise Park will
attract quality businesses to our area providing much needed wider
choices of employment. This competition will drive up wages, boost the
local economy and really put Bexhill on the map as a place to live and
work. John Shaw and his team at Sea Change Sussex have worked hard for
many years to bring these regeneration opportunities to our town and
with it improvements in our road infrastructure. Brilliant progress has
already been made and continues at a pace.
This project is a great example of good team working with Rother
District Council, East Sussex County Council, the South East LEP and
SeaChange Sussex. All of us share the same vision for Bexhill. I am
excited by the regeneration and keen to ensure that everyone in Bexhill
benefits from more economic growth."