3. Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: The Roads Review and National Transport Delivery Plan

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:30 pm on 14 February 2023.

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Photo of Lee Waters Lee Waters Labour 3:30, 14 February 2023

Thank you. I understand Vikki Howells's position on this road, and she's been consistent in her campaigning for it. The roads review examined it, and they set out in detail in their report the reasons why they don't think it's compliant with the tests that it has set, and we've agreed with, to develop as a road scheme. That said, we have said in our national transport delivery plan, and in the conversations I've had with both her and with Andrew Morgan, the leader of the council, that we are willing to look at this scheme to see if we can make it compliant with our policies, to see if it can meet the tests. And that applies to all schemes in Wales: where there is a genuine transport problem in a community, we want to tackle that problem. We're not convinced that building a traditional road scheme is the best way to do it; we think there are other ways. Let's try and find an agreement and a consensus way forward, so we can help her constituents.