The grant will be administered through Northern Marches Cymru and an additional £8,500 has been pledged by Wrexham Council.
The grant will pay for the external consultants to undertake a range of work that will be required in advance of construct
ion.
The first phase will be a study to look in detail at the overall future of the original route of the Glyn Valley tramway and how it might be re-instated in part or in total, either directly through the trust or other interested bodies.
This study will include the feasibility of re-instating the roadside sections and the tramway's possible role in a changed future public transport environment.
The study will also look at the potential benefits of an operational tramway to the local economy.
The work will involve a substantial amount of consultation including public and private stakeholders, special interest groups and the general public.
The second phase will cover all the detailed work required for a first phase re-instatement at Chirk.
This will include all the technical design work including railway and buildings, environmental and other specialist reports.
This will also include a detailed business plan that will be used by the trust to support its on-going fund raising activities to deliver the actual construction.
The consultants will undertake a range of scoping and consultation activities and the final document will include all the documents required to make a planning application.
The final part will be a public exhibition/event to present the results of the high level study and design of phase one.
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