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Former First Minister distances himself from abolition of Welsh regional consortia

Rhodri Clark
30 May 2025
This is the current state of a bus stop near the summit venue in Wrexham which had benefited in the regional transport consortium’s programme of bus stop improvement before 2014
This is the current state of a bus stop near the summit venue in Wrexham which had benefited in the regional transport consortium’s programme of bus stop improvement before 2014

 

At the Public Transport Summit, Lord Carwyn Jones emphasised the value of long-term planning of transport, but distanced himself from the abolition of Regional Transport Consortiums while he was First Minister of Wales from 2009 to 2018.

After giving a speech, he took part in a panel discussion about transport planning and development. He commented: “I think what we’ve got to get away from in this country is our inability to think long-term, and our tendency to just try and make...

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