Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:00 pm on 18 June 2019.
Well, those people will be very glad, Llywydd, that they don't now have to wait five years and more for a solution to the difficulties that they faced, because my decision is not a decision that is not about addressing the difficulties that exist around the Brynglas tunnel, it is about finding alternative ways of addressing those problems, of addressing them far sooner than an M4 relief road ever would have done. I look forward to meeting Lord Burns tomorrow, who will chair the group that we have now set up to deliver those rapid ideas that will make a difference at the Brynglas tunnel. I think that will do far more for the people to which the Member referred, and I am determined to go on working with local representatives from the Newport area, including the city council, to make sure that we now move ahead, look to the future, find new solutions and address the issues that are there to be addressed.