<p>Ynys Môn Council</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:59 pm on 3 May 2017.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 1:59, 3 May 2017

(Translated)

I wanted to ask about a specific service, a service that’s important to Ynys Môn council, and other councils across Wales, and that is roads. There’s a tendency to see roadworks increasing substantially during the first months of the year, as the end of the financial year approaches. But, this isn’t the best way of ensuring the quality of the work or value for money, because the winter months aren’t necessarily the best time to resurface roads. The surface lasts less time if done in cold weather, the working day is shorter and maintenance work all done at one time means that the capacity isn’t available, perhaps, among local companies to carry out that work. The solution, perhaps, is to ensure that the work is spread across the year, and to allow more work to be done during the summer months. The same is true about the Government’s highways department. Now, I understand that the Minister here isn’t responsible for transport and roads, but as Minister for finance and local government, what work has been undertaken or what work are you considering to do to seek models and new funding structures to help to allocate the road maintenance budget more equitably across the year?