Horizon reveal plan for workers’ housing

THE company behind plans for a new multi billion pound power station on Anglesey has unveiled where it plans to provide accommodation for the thousands of workers needed for its construction.

Horizon Nuclear Power is seeking the views of the public over it’s newest consultation document which earmarks three possible sites in northern and western Anglesey, as well as the power station site itself.

It is expected that as many as 9,000 workers will be needed to build the Wylfa Newydd station, with only around 2,300 workers expected to be based near enough to commute.

The firm has already unveiled plans to improve the road network leading to Wylfa, including significant work to create new junctions, bypasses and stretches of highway.

Horizon are proposing to build around 50 permanent houses on Madyn Farm on the outskirts of Amlwch, which would be able to accommodate around 150-200 temporary construction workers for around four years before then reverting to general housing.

Up to 800 workers could also be temporarily accommodated on land adjacent to Madyn Farm, which would then be taken down once the building work is completed.

Meanwhile, temporary accommodation for up to 4,000 workers could be provided at the former Shell oil depot in Rhosgoch, around three miles from Amlwch.

According to Horizon, these temporary lodgings would be removed after use, enabling the possibility of future redevelopment.

The final site listed by Horizon, the proposed Land and Lakes development on the outskirts of Holyhead, would also have enough accommodation for up to 4,000 workers.

The project, which received planning permission by Anglesey Council last year, would later be reconfigured to offer holiday accommodation and permanent housing once the building of the power station is completed.

The final, much smaller site, would see temporary quarters for between 250 and 500 critical construction workers built within the Wylfa Newydd Development Area. This would later be removed once complete.

For more on Wylfa’s ongoing consultation and drop-in dates, see page 13.