<p>Economic and Infrastructure Development in South Wales Central </p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure – in the Senedd at 1:57 pm on 5 October 2016.

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Photo of Andrew RT Davies Andrew RT Davies Conservative 1:57, 5 October 2016

I thought that you’d turned into the First Minister there with your very brief answer of ‘yes’, Cabinet Secretary. [Laughter.]

Thank you for that statement, Cabinet Secretary. One thing I’d like to point out is the need for a Dinas Powys bypass. In fairness to the Welsh Government, they have two large infrastructure projects on the drawing board at the moment in Vale of Glamorgan—one is the improvement to the Five Mile Lane and the other is the access road into the Aston Martin development site at St Athan. But, for many people in the eastern part of the Vale of Glamorgan and, indeed, Cardiff, the big bottleneck both economically and socially for transport issues is through the village of Dinas Powys.

There have been various suggestions and proposals put forward from the council to the Welsh Government over the years, but nothing has quite moved on this particular proposal. Have you, in the short time that you’ve been Cabinet Secretary, been able to familiarise yourself with the proposals around Dinas Powys and the transport issues around this village in the Vale of Glamorgan? If you haven’t, could you confirm that you will work with your officials to engage with the local community and, indeed, the council to see whether these proposals can be taken forward?