Regenerating Welsh High Streets

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 6 March 2019.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 1:37, 6 March 2019

Thank you for raising the issue of Swansea High Street. Certainly, it's an area I'm very familiar with, and I have seen the major improvements that have started to take place there over the past couple of years in particular, and I know that Swansea Council has particularly ambitious plans for the city as a whole. I'm quite excited by the housing-led regeneration that is taking place on Swansea High Street. I think that's a good model for other parts of Wales to look to, in terms of having more people living in our town centres, where the footfall is there then in order to make the most of all of the town's cafes and shops, and so on. I'd certainly be happy to have further conversations with Swansea to explore how we can support the regeneration efforts on High Street.