Local Bus Services to the Afan Valley

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 2:07 pm on 16 January 2019.

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Photo of Bethan Sayed Bethan Sayed Plaid Cymru 2:07, 16 January 2019

My view is that the system is currently broken. We have a perverse situation where councils are cutting key services like libraries and community centres in the Afan valley, with four more proposed for Neath Port Talbot ongoing, expecting people from the Afan valley, then, to travel further to get to those services, but then they can't get to those services, because the buses are simply not there.

You mention the White Paper. What, within that White Paper, because a lot of people may not read that—? What are the headlines from that so that people in our area can be assured that, when those changes come about, either through changing the law, whether it's a not-for-profit company like Transport for Wales that takes over the regulation, they will have more frequent buses in their valley communities, so that they can continue to live there and that they don't become ghost towns with people moving away from those areas because the services are simply not there anymore?