ARCH & THE SWANSEA
BAY CITY DEAL
Steven Phillips, Secretary
Swansea Bay City Region Board
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What is a City deal?
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A bespoke, trilateral arrangement
between the UK and Welsh Governments
and the Swansea Bay City Region
Worth circa £500 million over 20 years
Designed to dramatically improve
economic performance (with allied
economic and social benefits) by 2035.
Reaching 90% of UK productivity levels
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Chaired by Sir Terry Matthews
Partners include:
 Universities (Swansea and Trinity St David’s)
 Health Boards (ABMU and Hywel Dda)
 Private Sector
 Local authorities
 Area covers Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire,
Swansea and Neath Port Talbot (but not hung
up on administrative boundaries)
What is the link with ARCH?
 The “Internet Coast” City Deal bid submitted in February is
all about applying broadband capacity and digital
technology to achieve these goals. It identified three core
strands:
 The Internet of Energy
 The Internet of Economic Acceleration
 The Internet of Health and Wellbeing
 Plus other initiatives including skills and regeneration of
Swansea City Centre
Focus today is on the middle two
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 Internet of Economic Acceleration based on a new
transatlantic cable expected to make landfall in Oxwich
Bay in 2018 – in the order of 145 terabytes;
 It promises to deliver the fastest capacity yet –
anywhere;
 Unlike the LNG pipeline, we want this to benefit the
region not just pass through it taking advantage of our
position between London and New York;
 Our digital strategies mean nothing if we don’t have
the capacity. This is our opportunity to make a reality
of dealing in with rising demand, rapid diagnosis,
integrated clinical networks and the challenge of
delivering healthcare in rural areas in particular.
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Intensive discussions with Governments
ongoing
Objective of finalising Stage 1 of City Deal by
Autumn
Our proposition is very different so needs to
be clearly articulated in terms of the “ask”
Other linked projects moving ahead e,g.
Wellness Centre at Llanelli
Dynamics changed recently (i.e. Steel)
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Work in progress
ARCH & City Deal overlap/clear synergies
City Region Board does not really care if this
Health & well being strand becomes part of
ARCH or vice-versa
Delivery is all
Thank you
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