Construction work has started on building a McDonald’s restaurant on the outskirts of Abergavenny which will be open for Christmas.
The restaurant, the first stand alone McDonald’s restaurant to be built in Monmouthshire, is being constructed on land at Westgate, just off Merthyr Road, at Llanfoist, adjacent to the A465 Heads of the Valley Road.
McDonald’s is already advertising locally to fill the estimated 65 positions which will be created at the new restaurant which is due to open towards the end of the year. The seated and drive through restaurant, a mile from the centre of Abergavenny, will be served by 37 parking spaces.
McDonald’s says it is unlikely that there will be an issue of noise, given that the new restaurant is next to the A465. Special extraction and odour controlling equipment will be introduced as part of the scheme.
A McDonald’s spokesperson said: “We can confirm that work is underway for a new restaurant in Abergavenny with completion due towards the end of the year. This new opening will create at least 65 new jobs and provide significant investment for the local community.”
James Crawford, Chief Executive of Pontypool-based property development business Johnsey Estates which sold McDonald’s the land, said: “It’s very encouraging that work on the new McDonalds has started at this important site on the Heads of the Valleys trunk road.
“The development will provide many valuable local jobs during the construction of the restaurant and on completion when the facility is open.”
Johnsey Estates is the developer behind the overall scheme. The company sold three acres of land to Persimmon Homes and having recently completed the infrastructure to the site, will shortly be concluding sales of other plots of land in line with the planning consents granted for an hotel and a drive through café. Additionally a planning application for a care home on the next phase was recently lodged with Monmouthshire County Council.