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 3:41 pm on 14 February 2023.

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Photo of Lee Waters Lee Waters Labour 3:41, 14 February 2023

Well, I know that Adam Price is committed to seeing this scheme through. The words in the transport plan are clear. They are the same words that we jointly agreed between our parties in the budget agreement. As I said earlier, we'll progress to the next step of that process. In terms of the status of policy, we now have a roads policy statement that is Welsh policy, so that will apply to all schemes, and obviously it'll be a material consideration in the event of any planning dispute. So, the policy applies to everybody, and we have made a commitment to you and your constituents for your particular scheme, which we are working through and will honour.