The Closure of the Menai Bridge

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:33 pm on 6 December 2022.

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Photo of Sam Rowlands Sam Rowlands Conservative 1:33, 6 December 2022

Can I join the Member for Ynys Môn in highlighting some of the issues that businesses in Menai Bridge are seeing at the moment with the closure of Menai Bridge? I also agree with him on some of the positive steps that Welsh Government are making at the moment to support those businesses there. I was able to join a meeting on businesses in Menai Bridge with the Member for Parliament for Anglesey, Virginia Crosbie, as well as my colleague Mark Isherwood. And they highlighted to us some of the practical solutions that they would like to see on top of the announcements that have already been made. And one of those in Welsh Government's control is certainly around the signage along the A55 to Menai Bridge that highlights to people that, whilst the bridge itself may be closed, Menai Bridge is open for business as usual. So, First Minister, what I'd like to hear from you is a commitment to working with the north Wales trunk road agency to ensure signage is clear, and perhaps also to look at working with Visit Wales to ensure that, actually, Anglesey is being highlighted still as a great place to visit over the coming months, so that businesses there, whether they are high-street businesses or tourism businesses, are able to welcome visitors in the coming months.