Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:15 pm on 9 July 2024.
Carolyn Thomas
Labour
2:15,
9 July 2024
Diolch, First Minister. The recent investment of new carriages by the Welsh Government through Transport for Wales is making a huge difference, as is the Welsh Government bus grant, which has kept services running over the last year. As you said earlier, the UK Government did not sign off the letter for £1 billion to electrify the north Wales coast line, and they twice rejected bids for EU replacement levelling-up funding for railway infrastructure in north Wales. First Minister, working with the new UK Labour Government cross-border, would you consider using some of the structural funding—the replacement funding—for integrated public transport and a bus pilot in north Wales, developing clear information and services, which is really important, based on passenger need, working in partnership with Transport for Wales, local councils, operators and residents to develop the network and sustain and return services, such as recently happened in the village of Llandegla in north Wales? Thank you.
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