Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 March 1993.
Mr Wyn Roberts
, Conwy
12:00,
1 March 1993
The hon. Gentleman will know that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave supplementary credit approvals totalling £3·56 million to Mid and South Glamorgan for funding major investment projects in the valleys network. I agree with the hon. Gentleman that we want to take traffic off the road and we are investigating the position of the A470 between Pontypridd and Coryton. We are looking at the possibilities of investment in rail to cover the increased use of that area and of that road in particular.
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