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Welsh Assembly members cry foul over M4 upgrade inquiry, says report

Lee Baker
24 June 2016
The Welsh Assembly Government announced plans for the inquiry to examine its preferred option for relieving an M4 bottleneck - but which alternatives will it look at?
The Welsh Assembly Government announced plans for the inquiry to examine its preferred option for relieving an M4 bottleneck - but which alternatives will it look at?

 

The announcement of an inquiry into the £1bn M4 upgrade in south Wales has been met with calls to widen its terms to consider public transport.

Plaid Cymru was quoted as criticising the plans for the inquiry after Welsh economy and infrastructure secretary Ken Skates said that it would over five months from the autumn set out the 'black route' proposals for the M4 corridor and "consider suggested alternatives". He said that should the inspector recommend the Government's scheme, the new section of the M4 could be open by 2021.

There was no mention of the M4 in the partnership agreement between Labour and the Lib Dems, which had, like the nationalists, opposed the black route.

Plaid Cymru AM Dai Lloyd told The Daily Post: "We are asking for the terms of this inquiry to be broadened. What about north-south connections and what about other forms of public transport such as the metro, and other road routes?"

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