Omega Development Site
Omega, comprising 226 hectares straddling the M62 Motorway in Warrington, Cheshire is a property development site. The site comprises a large part of the former RAF/USAF Burtonwood airbase. A new junction on the M62 (junction 8) was built in anticipation of the development.[1]
The whole site will provide 650,000 sq m of offices, manufacturing and distribution space along with ancillary leisure/retail facilities, hotel and conference facilities. Around 24,000 jobs are likely to be created over the lifetime of the scheme to make one of Europe's largest business parks.[2]
Owing to the economic downturn, planning conditions were relaxed in 2011 to allow phased development.
In July 2012 it was announced that the long-awaited £1bn development of Warrington’s Omega business park is to begin with a 200,000 sq ft warehouse and a £7 million contract for new roads at Omega North, which will open the site for further development.[3]
A new railway station has been proposed to serve the Omega site.
References
- ↑ Junction 8, M62 opens in time for Christmas - Northwest Regional Development Agency
- ↑ Military Base Redevelopment: A Fighting Chance, Site Selection Magazine, November 2002
- ↑ "Miller Developments starts £1bn Omega site". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
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Coordinates: 53°24′50″N 2°39′11″W / 53.414°N 2.653°W