First Minister’s questions 25th of March 2014 re closure of Junction 41 Port Talbot Bethan Jenkins AM 14:00 First Minister,can you explain to us how exactly you will be collecting comments from members of the public? My inbox has been full of comments from people really annoyed locally about what is going to happen and the potential effect on businesses in the area. We really need to understand how people can take part in any consultation, because I think they feel at the moment that they have not been fully engrossed in what the Welsh Government is doing on this. Carwyn Jones Y Prif Weinidog / The First Minister 14:01 Well, I think that I made it clear what will happen. The Minister will give further details in terms of what the consultation process will be, or, rather, what the process for obtaining views from members of the public will be, in due course. That, of course, will inform the final decision as to what happens with this junction. The First Minister also said this during the same First Minister’s question session- It is a trial and it will last for some six months. We will monitor traffic on the motorway and local roads, and we will be using footfall data from the Aberavon shopping centre to assess the effect on town centre businesses. During the course of the trial, comments will also be invited from members of the public, and we are investigating what funding streams might be made available to support local businesses.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:21:33 +0000
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