Part of 3. 2. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:33 pm on 23 May 2017.
I’m not sure the tolls have actually been abolished yet, but certainly that’s something that we would welcome. I always welcome statements made by my Cabinet Ministers, and it’s right to stay that, in different stages, we are looking at reopening lines to the east of Cardiff and Newport—an area that’s not been well served by the rail network. We know, for example, that the eastern part of the city of Cardiff has been historically very poorly served. There is a need to improve public transport links to the eastern part of the city and the same applies, of course, to settlements between Newport and the Severn bridge. We can’t simply build roads. We must make sure, as roads are improved and built, that we also provide better public transport connections as well.