Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 2:19 pm on 10 January 2018.
The Member highlights the need for continued investment in our road network, not just in Wales but on a cross-border basis. We're working with Highways England to make sure that we get good cross-border road access as well. But within Wales, where we have full responsibility, we've initiated the pinch-point programme, with a particular focus on alleviating congestion at pinch points that take traffic from the south to the north and the north to the south. We're also looking at investment in a series of bypasses in Wales, again designed to alleviate congestion, particularly in urban areas. Urban areas suffer as a consequence of high levels of carbon emissions where there is congestion. And we're also looking at improvements to public transport, whether it be to rail or to buses, whilst at the same time integrating all of them as part of one vision for transport in Wales, at which active travel will be a part, so that people can, by foot or by bike, access public transport in a way that is reliable and convenient.