WREXHAM council chiefs are expecting to be involved in talks about finding a fresh location for a North Wales prison within the next few weeks.
Land occupied by the former Firestone tyre factory on the town's industrial estate was one of the four sites across Wales shortlisted for the jail last year.
Then early this year it was announced that the former Ferodo factory site just outside Caernarfon had been chosen.
But last month Prisons Minister Maria Eagle delivered the bombshell news that this site was considered "not suitable for prison development
The Government has said alternative sites in Wales and England will now be considered.
Wrexham Council leader, Cllr Aled Roberts, said recently he was prepared to discuss the possibility of the prison being built in this area.
And he has now revealed that he expects talks to get under way soon.
He said: "We are awaiting contact from the Government.
"All the the local authorities in North Wales will be approached, and I think discussions could open within the next few weeks."
Cllr Roberts has said in the past that if the old Firestone site is back under consideration, it is the Welsh Assembly Government and not the council who are the landowners.
He has also admitted that the 750 jobs which the new prison would create would be "a major consideration" in Wrexham's case.
He told the Leader: "The real issue is that there is no prison facility anywhere in North Wales and if the Government is going to continue to imprison the number of people it does, there is a need for new prison buildings."
Wrexham MP Ian Lucas opposes the siting of the prison in the town that the former Firestone site is not appropriate.
A probe has been launched into the government U-turn over plans to build a prison in Caernarfon.
The investigation by the Welsh Affairs Committee will examine the decision to ditch the prison plan recently.