Vale MP Alun Cairns is calling on all Barry Island stakeholders to come together for the common good after meeting with Ian Rogers from Barry Island Pleasure Park to discuss the future of the site.
Mr Cairns met with Mr Rogers in an effort to identify issues holding up development on the site. The Vale MP also met with investors Hilco in Westminster this week to discuss investment, and pressed the need for a permanent development to take place and how it can benefit the town of Barry.
Mr Cairns said: “I am grateful to Ian Rogers and partners Hilco for agreeing to meet with me to discuss the future of Barry Island Pleasure Park. The issues of the past must not now be a reason for inaction and I am committed to bringing parties together. It is in the interest of every interested party to get a plan in place to develop a year round resort on the site. The time for investment is now, we cannot let a site with such potential drag on year after year.
“Politics is about delivering things. The economy is improving in Barry. The new link road can help play a role in a plan to develop a destination that visitors can visit all year round. I want to bring all stakeholders together in an effort to get a landmark project off the ground that can support traders and create jobs.”