{"id":29756,"date":"2024-04-23T01:36:43","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=29756"},"modified":"2024-04-23T01:36:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:36:43","slug":"23-4m-to-improve-public-transport-and-support-economic-growth-in-south-west-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=29756","title":{"rendered":"\u00a323.4m to improve public transport and support economic growth in south west Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Welsh Government<\/a> is investing \u00a323.4 million in south west Wales to improve public transport and encourage economic growth, the Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport, Ken Skates has said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Local authorities were invited to submit proposals to the Welsh Government for local transport improvements in their areas that will help to deliver the priorities and ambitions of Wales\u2019 Transport Strategy \u2013 Llwybr Newydd. These include:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Addressing disruptions to the highway network caused by severe weather.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0
\nImproving road safety\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nDelivering walking and cycling routes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nImproving bus journey times and waiting facilities\u00a0
\nDelivering publicly available EV charging infrastructure\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The substantial support, which is designed to help local councils to improve transport in their area, includes funding for Active Travel and Safe Routes, Road Safety, EV charging facilities, road resilience, local transport and unadopted roads.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In south west Wales \u00a323.4m will be used for schemes such as the replacement of Black Bridge and links in Llanelli, improvements to the A487 in Newgale and funding for the Haverfordwest bus interchange. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport, Ken Skates said:\u00a0\u201cThese grants are a substantial investment to support sustainable local economic growth, enhance public transport facilities and create and improve routes that will enable and encourage more people in Wales to walk, wheel and cycle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe projects are prime examples of the practical solutions we have asked\u00a0local authorities to design in order to make it easier for residents to connect with their places of employment and businesses, and to do so more sustainably.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

This funding also builds on allocations which have been made to different phases of some projects in previous years.<\/p>\n

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