James Evans MS has asked the Welsh Government if there any plans for Transport for Wales (TfW) to start operating on the route between Trecastle and Llandovery.
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00:00Diolch Llywydd, what are the Cabinet Secretary's priorities for public transport in Brecon
00:04and Radnorshire?
00:05Well, Llywbyn Newydd, our transport strategy, sets out our vision and priorities for all
00:11parts of Wales, including Brecon and Radnorshire, and our national transport delivery plan and
00:16the regional transport plans being developed by corporate joint committees will set out
00:20how it will be delivered.
00:23Thank you for your answer, Cabinet Secretary. Many people who live in my part of the world
00:26do feel that there's plenty of investment that goes into the south Wales Valleys, but
00:30actually no investment into my constituency. We've got a major transport link that links
00:36my constituency to Adam Price's constituency, between Treecastle and Llandyfri. That road
00:42does not have any bus service on it whatsoever. That is an actual major tourist link back
00:49and forth between west Wales and mid Wales, and I think it would be beneficial to put
00:53that transport link in place to actually open up different parts of the country so people
00:57don't have to get in their cars and actually get on a bus to travel around the country.
01:02I've asked previous Cabinet Secretaries and Ministers about this, and nothing seems to
01:07be happening. So, now you're in post, and you seem a pragmatic gentleman, will you actually
01:13step up to the plate and deliver this transport link between my constituency and Adam Price's
01:19constituency, because many people are asking for it, and I've got all faith in you, Ken,
01:23that you can deliver it?
01:24Ken Skates AM I can't possibly not help the Member after
01:27his very kind and generous comments. The bus system is broken at the moment, and that's
01:31why we're bringing forward the bus Bill. Operators, they pick off those routes that are commercially
01:37attractive and they leave huge gaps elsewhere, including the gap that the Member has rightly
01:42identified today. Therefore, I will invite Transport for Wales to work with my officials
01:47to look at whether a service could be introduced, perhaps a Trowse service, a Trowse Cymru service,
01:52whether it would be applicable. Of course, we're operating in very, very financially
01:55straitened times, but I will ask for work to be done, and I'll report back to the Member.