<p>The Cardiff City Deal</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 5 July 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:37, 5 July 2016

I agree very much with that. The concept of the metro is designed to do two things, primarily. First of all, of course, to make it easier for those who have jobs in Cardiff to travel quickly into Cardiff, but also to attract investment away from the coast and further up the Valleys, and to get rid of that perception that our northern Valleys communities are hard to reach. We know that’s not true. We know, with the road schemes that have been put in place already, and we know that, with the metro scheme, we will be able to say to investors that our Valleys communities are connected to the wider economy of south-east Wales and therefore they are communities that should be invested in. And we’re beginning to see the fruits of that with the investment decision by TVR.