7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: The roads review

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:08 pm on 8 March 2023.

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Photo of Jenny Rathbone Jenny Rathbone Labour 5:08, 8 March 2023

A small history lesson. Roads weren't invented to accommodate the combustion engine. Roads were invented to get people from A to B, long before the combustion engine was around, and what this is about is re-purposing our roads to have multiple ways of getting around, and to be aligned with our climate change obligations. We all voted to reduce our climate emissions in support of today's and future generations, but I'm afraid that all we've heard so far from the Conservatives is 'Do what I say, not what I do'. So, we absolutely have to align our roads policy with our 'Llwybr Newydd', our net-zero plans, and, indeed, our planning policies in 'Future Wales'. So, we simply can't go on like we've gone before, because that is the way in which we are going to completely destroy our world. 

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