Part of 2. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 25 January 2017.
Well, we’ll be investing more than £700 million in the metro, and this will see vast improvements to infrastructure and to the travelling experience of many, many commuters across south-east Wales. I was very grateful that the Member was able to attend last week’s briefing session on the next rail franchise, which, of course, included a briefing on the metro as it’s going to be rolled out and, with new services commencing in 2023, I think it’s absolutely essential that all parts of south-east Wales that have felt cut off, isolated and marginalised within the context of economic growth in recent years feel empowered through new stations and infrastructure, and that includes in Torfaen, where I am looking very carefully at what infrastructure improvements, both to existing infrastructure and to new infrastructure, can be delivered as part of the metro vision.