Multi-million pound jobs boost for SA1

“It's some good news at a time when all we seem to be getting is job loss after job loss. SA1 needs more life and the restaurant and hotel will provide this and bring more people into the area at all times. The Tesco store is only an Express and it is less than 10% of the overall development. We need to be encouraging developments and new investments in Swansea. Let's be more positive about new money coming into the city. It's good for us all!”

“Any developer who judged Swansea by the comments on his website wouldn't bother coming here and the City could then continue slowly rotting - presumably the moaners would be happy with that.”

“As Aled has pointed out, it's just a convenience store for the benefit of the SA1 residents and the daytime office workers, but don't let the facts get in the way of a good whinge, will you?”

“Agree with all the positive feedback. I think this is excellent for SA1, as the area was lacking a commercial aspect with the high number of residential units.

SA1 is a regeration project of the old docklands and surrounding brownfield sites, and this is going on in every city in the UK. Do people in Swansea just want to moan and do nothing to make Swansea a better more thriving city.

The amount of investment that SA1 has brought in is vital for Swansea, so get behind it and stop moaning.”

“Ah sorry Aled, is that a science and technology park for business then and not just a possible grad / post grad studies?

Perhaps you could enlighten me as to the bigger picture you are looking at?

Sorry if you have a problem with someone voicing concerns that dont match your view.”

“it's a Tesco EXPRESS - it's basically a corner shop, not a supermarket! It's one development on a mixed use site, i.e. not just low wage jobs, but actual career prospects. Swansea University plans to open a campus on Fabian Way for science/technology and post grad studies. Appreciating the bigger picture is more important than whinging about individual developments.”

“A supermarket and a hotel eh? I guess the latter is better than the former. I doubt either will generate any high value jobs and certainly offer little interesting career prospects to young people in education in Swansea.

What would have been nice would have been to see Science / Tech / Financial Industry jobs.

However, the council has done nothing to encourage investment of that nature to the area. Just look at the Enterprise Zone, it's a collection of out of town shops!!!!

There is also little point in worrying about the town centre any longer either. The council has nailed it's colours to the mast and will do nothing to support hard working retailers in the town centre.”

“How disappopinting that another ugly faceless supermarket is all we can get on this prime piece of sea- front. This will only add to the congestion on the Mumbles Road and will infuriate the independent traders in the city centre who have already suffered years of interrupted trade due to Swanse City Council planning exploits.”

“What is the point of another Tesco's in SA1 it's along way from park and ride and the roads in that area are far to congested now. How do they expect to get people to shop there if they are in one huge traffic jam. Go once never to go again,”

“a tesco extra will be handy for people working and living in sa1, plus another hotel for swansea to cash in on the ryder cup coming to wales.”