UK-based Gloucestershire Airport’s flagship commercial development, CGX Connect, has reached a critical delivery milestone with access to the site now complete and the ability to proceed with future development unlocked.
Once complete the development will provide around 30,000 sq.m. of flexible floor space in a prime location for businesses operating in the logistics and industry sectors, while also potentially creating up to 1,500 employment opportunities. £1.885 in Growth Deal funding was supplied by GFirst LEP to support the infrastructural work needed to deliver CGX Connect.
Karen Taylor, Managing Director for Gloucestershire Airport commented: “These are exciting times for Gloucestershire Airport and CGX Connect. We’ve already seen strong interest in CGX Connect from businesses in Gloucestershire and the West Country, as well as those with national operations.
“Now that there’s vehicular access to the site, we expect things to move quickly. Before now no one could access the site to build. This access road will unlock future development and brings us one step closer to realising a landmark development with the potential to unlock so much growth for the region.”
She added, that these are transformational times for the airport. “CGX Connect, along with ongoing work to upgrade the airport’s runways, will elevate the quality and status of the airport as a ‘gateway for growth’ for the many significant developments being brought forward across the region.”
Alongside CGX Connect, work to upgrade the airport’s runways is well underway and due to complete this summer. The airport’s crosswind runway has already reopened. Work is currently ongoing to resurface the main runway, install new lighting, upgrade signage and drainage, and install below ground infrastructure.
