Swansea Bay and Western Valleys Metro

Part of 3. Questions to the Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales – in the Senedd at 11:59 am on 15 July 2020.

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Photo of David Lloyd David Lloyd Plaid Cymru 11:59, 15 July 2020

Minister, development of a metro in Swansea bay and the western Valleys is vital in terms of reducing travel times and congestion in and around Swansea, and in terms of generating economic development in our Valleys communities. However, despite funding for a feasibility study being agreed in 2017, we have received very little in the way of Welsh Government updates on this scheme. Can you outline when you expect the feasibility study to be made public, and when you expect to make a decision on the scheme? And do you agree that it is important that light rail options in areas such as the Swansea and Amman valleys should form part of that feasibility work?