7. What measures is the Welsh Government taking to improve road safety in Monmouthshire? OQ55985

The road safety framework for Wales sets out the actions we and our partners are taking to improve road safety in Wales. Monmouthshire will also benefit from the actions taken to roll out the 20 mph speed limits on restricted roads and tackling pavement parking.

Thank you. First Minister, can you provide an update on plans to improve road safety on the A4042 in Llanellen? There's a spot where there's a humpback bridge over the Usk, and I know there are footways leading up to the bridge on both sides. Any walkers are forced into conflict with vehicles by having no option but to walk on the carriageway. This is the only section of the A4042 between Llanellen and Abergavenny that has no footway, which seems bizarre, and I can't imagine there are any comparable places on a trunk road in the rest of Wales. Local residents are complaining about the lack of progress and are understandably frustrated by the delay. Some time ago, 18-plus months ago, the Minister for Economy and Transport confirmed that options were being pursued for the pedestrian bridge at Llanellen, and measures would be taken to improve the safety of walkers. I'm just wondering if you could give us an idea roughly of how or advise when the promised works to improve road safety will commence on this road? Thank you. 

Llywydd, a safety and speed limit review was carried out across Wales in 2019; 413 sections of trunk road were assessed and 114 locations recommended for work over the five-year programme. On the A4042, drainage work was carried out by the Welsh Government in May of this year, again, a direct road safety issue to improve the difficulties which that stretch of the road had previously experienced. I'm not familiar enough, I'm afraid, with the specific part of that road to which the Member refers, but I'm sure, if she wishes to write to me or to the transport Minister, we will be able to provide her with an update on it.