SD35 - Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Employment AreasLarge industrial estates are located to the north of Ebbw Vale TownCentre along the Heads of the Valley Road. Rassau IndustrialEstate is the largest in the County Borough giving this settlement animportant employment role.Local Transport NetworkMajor sitesThe current focus for regeneration activity is on the former CORUSSTEELWORKS SITE in Ebbw Vale. Proposals for this site,business premises capable of accommodating nearly half a millionsquare feet of office space, development of a new LearningCampus incorporating arts, a Library, Leisure Centre, Theatre, anew local district hospital, 720 new homes and refurbishment of theformer steelworks general office building.Rassau west and east extensions will provide 40ha of employmentland. The A465 dual carriageway is planned to take a new routethrough the western extension. The estate as a whole will be readilyaccessible from the upgraded road.Rhyd y Blew / Bryn Serth also totals 40ha and will be well locatedin relation to the upgraded A465. A new access road will runbetween the two sites, connecting them to the A465.The A4046 runs north south through the district. This road hasrecently been improved by the completion of the Cwm by-pass.However, the road would benefit from a further improvementthrough to Aberbeeg.The A465 runs east-west across the top of the district. This sectionstill awaits improvement. The A4047 also runs east west across thenorthern part of the town.A new rail passenger line was opened in 2008 with a station locatedsouth of Ebbw Vale town centre. There are plans for an extension4