摘要: |
The Welsh Government has cancelled a swathe of road schemes (full details of projects on page 8) and set out new conditions for all future schemes to meet, Rhodri Clark reports. Road building will be supported in Wales where it supports modal shift (for example improving access to Severn Tunnel Junction station from the B4245); where it improves safety through small changes; or where it helps Wales to adapt to climate change (as with the current construction of a flood-proof bridge over the Dyfi at Machynlleth). A fourth category is roads that provide access and connectivity to jobs and centres of economic activity in a way that supports modal shift. An independent Roads Review Panel advised that roads providing access to new development should only proceed where the development is located appropriately and in line with Welsh planning policy, which states sites that are unlikely to be well served by walking, cycling and public transport should not be developed. |