2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:29 pm on 18 October 2022.

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Photo of Darren Millar Darren Millar Conservative 2:29, 18 October 2022

Trefnydd, can I call for a statement from the Deputy Minister for Climate Change on the Welsh Government's roads review? As you will know, there's a moratorium on many capital projects across Wales at the moment, including two on the A494 in my own constituency. One is a piece of work to address the concerns about highway safety on the Maes Gamedd bends in Gwyddelwern, and the other is on the Lôn Fawr junction in Ruthin. These are causing lots of accidents, many of which could be avoided. There seems no reason whatsoever as to why they should be paused in a way that is a concern about climate change—these are about safety, and they need to be done and need to be actioned. When can we have a statement so that we can know that some of these schemes, which have been held up for far too long—in the case of Maes Gamedd, well over a decade—so that they can be unplugged, action taken to address them, so that people can travel safely on our roads?