Reacting to today’s announcement by the Prime Minister, Cllr Andrew Morgan OBE, WLGA Leader said:

“Now it has been confirmed that the plans for the northern leg of HS2 to Manchester will not being going ahead, we expect the UK Government’s argument that HS2 is an ‘England and Wales project’ to result in a fair share of the £36bn saved to be spent on transport projects within Wales.

“The Prime Minister has already stated that every ‘region’ outside London will receive the same or more government investment than they would have done under HS2 with quicker results. That must apply to Wales too and it must be on a scale that reflects the needs of Wales, where we have been consistently underfunded in terms of rail transport. We warmly welcome the announcement of £1bn for electrification of the North Wales main line but would want to see other important transport projects across Wales funded too.”

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