The A4061 Rhigos Mountain Road will be closed for five overnight work shifts from November 13-17 (9pm to 6am), for repair and maintenance work to the rock netting at the location of last year’s large wildfire. The fire in August 2022 caused major damage to the hillside and to areas of wire netting, plastic netting…
We will work with partners to develop education, marketing and other tools to transform the image of walking, cycling and public transport – this will include further support to expandTfW’s community engagement role to include travel planning, supporting partners and other organisations to deliver facilities and programmes which encourage modal shift. Labour minister: ‘We don’t…
Commenting on a Newport City Council report that the switch to 20mph speed limits in Wales could end up increasing air pollution levels in some parts of Newport, Welsh Conservatives Shadow Transport Minister, Natasha Asghar MS said: “As time goes on it is becoming clearer that Labour’s arguments for 20mph speed limits are falling apart…
Welsh Government’s Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism has visited the Iron Tram Bridge in Trecynon – celebrating the restoration and reopening of the Scheduled Monument and Grade II Listed Building that was constructed in the early 1800s. Scheme to repair Penydarren Tramroad Bridge Trecynon submitted to Cadw The bridge was in a poor…
Commenting on the news that Ryanair is increasing the number of flights and basing a new aircraft at Bristol Airport while scaling back at Cardiff Airport, Welsh Conservative Shadow Transport Minister, Natasha Asghar MS said: “It is concerning that Ryanair are moving operations away from Cardiff Airport. Labour’s transport plans for Wales continue to stall,…
The First Minister established the Commission to investigate sustainable ways to tacklecongestion on the M4 in South East Wales. This report sets out our final recommendations. Our work began with an analysis of traffic on the motorway. This led us to the three ‘fasttrack’ recommendations we put forward last December, each designed to improve M4…
On this weeks’ Sunday Supplement programme, Professor Stuart Cole – Emeritus Professor of Transport at the University of South Wales, explained why 20mph is having a negative impact on bus services in Wales. On the show, the professor noted that: Buses are built to be travelling with a speed limit of 30mph in urban areas….
Commenting on his exchange with the First Minister in the Senedd today, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Andrew RT Davies MS said: “Today I asked the First Minister about the upcoming road charging plans included in the Labour Government’s Environment Bill. With the current opposition to the blanket 20mph speed limit and the Deputy Minister’s…
Any maximum speed limit below 30 mph (other than a temporary limit made under section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or a 20 mph limit or a 20 mph zone) requires the consent of the national authority (paragraphs 13 and 14 of Schedule 9 to the Act as amended by the Road…
Commenting on her exchange with the Deputy Minister today in the chamber Welsh Conservative Shadow Transport Minister Natasha Asghar, MS said: “The Deputy Minister is arrogant enough to claim ‘misinformation’ from the Welsh Conservatives, yet he himself is guilty of not only misinforming the public, but omitting key facts about this ludicrous policy. “A further…
