Brunel Dock's kiss of life?; Work is underway to find out if restoration scheme could help bring prosperity to rundown industrial town.(News)

From: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) | Date: April 22, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Colin Hughes

THE engineering brilliance of the legendary Isambard Kingdom Brunel could help to bring a new era of prosperity to a rundown industrial town, almost 150 years after his death.

A regeneration group has been trying for years to restore the old Brunel Dock at Briton Ferry and now a funding package has been put together to pay for a feasibility study.

Aberavon MP Dr Hywel Francis, who is co-chairman of the group, welcomed the move ...

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