Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 11:56 am on 1 July 2020.
Well, the last part of that question is complete nonsense, Llywydd. What does the Member mean? There was no offer of support that was turned down, and I really think that is just absurd, and I have no idea where the Member got it from. I don't have any rough costs from their commission, because I'm waiting for their report. The work on the first set of recommendations that the commission made began earlier this week, and they are fully funded by the Welsh Government. I always said, Llywydd, that the original plan for the M4 relief road was costed at a billion pounds, and that the commission has first call on that in coming forward with alternative proposals so that we can deal with the very real issues there have been around Newport, but do it in a way that does not bring with it the enormous environmental disbenefits that the relief road would have brought.