The Expert Commission on the M4 Corridor around Newport

Part of 3. Topical Questions – in the Senedd at 3:39 pm on 5 June 2019.

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Photo of Jenny Rathbone Jenny Rathbone Labour 3:39, 5 June 2019

Whilst I agree with my colleagues for Newport East and Newport West that we need to spend the bulk of the money around Newport to alleviate the congestion there, is it not also important that these transport experts look in detail at the data that we've got? For example, the fact that there is nearly a 40 per cent increase in the number of vehicles using the M4 east of Newport compared with west of Newport, suggesting that they are on their way to Cardiff, and that surely we must look at the mobile phone data and other data that's available to see where we need to put in public transport to encourage people to use public transport rather than individual cars?