MIKE HEDGES AM QUESTIONS ECONOMY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
MINISTER RE TRANSPORT IN THE CITY BAY AREA.
Speaking
after Ministerial Questions, Mike Hedges said…. ‘I am delighted to hear that
Landore will be one of the stations considered for re-opening. I have long
campaigned for this, both from an environmental perspective and to deal with
the parking problems in the areas around the Liberty Stadium. With regards Safe
Routes in Communities, this money is also very welcome – I am aware of the
benefits to local communities through provision of for example the footpath
under the railway bridge at Station Road Llansamlet which makes the road a lot
safer and which encourages walking to Trallwn School.
I
look forward to seeing similar improvements within the City Bay area in the
coming months and years and will be visiting many of them in my
constituency.
Mike Hedges AM - Can I thank you for that answer? Most movement
in the Swansea bay city region is within the region, not out of it. I believe
there is a need for the cycle paths to be completed, railway stations such as
Landore to be reopened, and bus-rail interchanges to be created. What progress
has been made by the Welsh Government on these types of schemes to improve
transport within the Swansea bay city region?69
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Ken Skates - Well, can I
thank Mike Hedges for his question? I'm pleased to say that huge progress has
been made within the Swansea bay area in terms of enhancing the provision of
public transport and improving the provision of roads for motorists, relieving
congestion. We've asked Transport for Wales to develop a detailed traffic model
for south-west Wales, which includes the Swansea bay area, and it's essential
that we fully understand the problems that need to be resolved to ensure the
best model is developed. We've provided £1.4 million for the Safe Routes in
Communities programme, and almost £2 million from the local transport fund for
active travel schemes in this financial year, and an additional £1 million has
been allocated to the Swansea bay city region specifically for pre-works on
active travel schemes, to develop a pipeline of active travel projects. Of
course, the £60 million that has been made available could be utilised for some
of those projects, and I'm also very pleased to be able to inform the Member
today that we will be putting forward Landore as one of the possible options to
be considered as part of the exercise of opening up stations.
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