The Heads of the Valleys Road Enlargement Scheme

Part of 3. Topical Questions – in the Senedd at 2:56 pm on 22 November 2017.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 2:56, 22 November 2017

Well, the general point that the Member makes is the obvious one—that, if costs go up, the cost benefit analysis alters. Do I think that completing the A465 road so that it can bring the necessary economic benefits to that part of Wales is a white elephant? No, I certainly do not. It's a very important part of the infrastructure that this Government is determined to bring to those parts of Valleys communities where connectivity is intimately connected to future economic prosperity.

As to the question of the figure that I do recognise, that is the figure that I gave in my answer, and that is that the capital value of the scheme is currently estimated to be some £400 million.