Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:16 pm on 13 June 2017.
Leader of the house, could we have a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for transport on two matters, if possible, please? One is about the maintenance of the A48 running through the Vale of Glamorgan. I have raised this on several occasions with you, and it is now becoming ridiculous that we have collapsed manholes and we have potholes on a main A road that is the main link between Bridgend and Cardiff, which, as you will appreciate, is heavily used. I appreciate there are recent road markings that have been put down, which indicate maintenance as pending, but as a frequent user of this road, very often, the road markings come and go but no work happens in between. So, could we have a statement from the Cabinet Secretary as to what maintenance is planned for the summer period, so that when we do enter the winter months, we do see genuine improvement in the condition of that road?
Secondly, the new road that is being built to improve Five Mile Lane is a welcome addition to the transport infrastructure in the Vale of Glamorgan. Obviously, there have been some considerable workings on the site to date, but there doesn’t seem to be any progress on the actual starting of the construction phase of the road. As I was led to believe, I think completion was due sometime next year. Could we have an update from the Cabinet Secretary as to how work is progressing? Has there been any movement in the timeline for completion of this project, so that we can be better informed as to how this £26 million project is developing?