Meetings

State of Roads in Wales

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 17/10/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

Draft letter(s)

Supporting documents:

  • Restricted enclosure 2
  • Restricted enclosure 3

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee agreed the draft letters


Meeting: 03/10/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Mutual Investment Model (MIM) and other financing briefing

Professor Gerry Holtham

Minutes:

5.1 Professor Gerry Holtham answered questions from Committee Members


Meeting: 03/10/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Mutual Investment Model (MIM) briefing - Welsh Government

Andrew Jeffreys, Welsh Government

Steve Davies, Welsh Government

Supporting documents:

  • EIS(5)-21-18(P2) State of the Roads (MIM)

Minutes:

4.1 Andrew Jeffreys and Steve Davies answered questions from Committee Members


Meeting: 03/10/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Consideration of draft report - The State of Roads

Supporting documents:

  • EIS(5)-21-18-(P1) State of the Roads

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee agreed the draft report


Meeting: 19/07/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

State of Roads in Wales: Discuss the submissions received for the picture competition

Minutes:

5.1 Members judged the entries and decided Antony Maybury from Wrexham was the winner.


Meeting: 05/07/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Welsh Government - State of Roads in Wales

Ken Skates AM, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport

Sheena Hague, Deputy Director, Network Management

Andy Falleyn, Deputy Director, Infrastructure Delivery

Judith Cole, Deputy Director, Workforce and Social Partnerships

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 Ken Skates AM, Sheena Hague, Andy Falleyn and Simon Jones answered questions from Committee Members


Meeting: 05/07/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Local Government - State of Roads in Wales

Tim Peppin, Director of Regeneration and Sustainable Development, Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)

Cllr Andrew Morgan, WLGA’s Spokesperson for Transport, Environment and Sustainability

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Minutes:

3.1 Tim Peppin and Cllr Andrew Morgan answered questions from Committee Members

3.2 Tim Peppin agreed to provide the Committee further information on whether there is a requirement on LAs to publish their HAMPs / make them publicly available


Meeting: 05/07/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Trunk Road Agents - State of Roads in Wales

David Evans, Network Manager / Deputy Head of Service, North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent (NMWTRA),

Ian Kenrick Hughes, NMWTRA, Business and Statutory Operations Manager.

Richard Jones, Head of Service, South Wales Trunk Road Agent (SWTRA)

David Bois, Business Manager, SWTRA

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 David Evans, Ian Kenrick, Richard Jones and David Bois answered questions from Committee Members

2.2 Richard Jones agreed to provide further information to the Committee in relation to a series of questions raised by Lee Waters AM in relation to the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013


Meeting: 21/06/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Sustainability - State of Roads in Wales

Steve Brooks, National Director, Sustrans Wales

Bridget Fox, Sustainable Transport Campaigner, Campaign for Better Transport

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 Steve Brooks and Bridget Fox answered questions from Committee Members

2.2 Steve Brooks agreed to provide further details on the National Infrastructure Commission and details on the Caernarfon by-pass


Meeting: 21/06/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Mutual Investment Model - State of Roads in Wales

Chris Nott, Senior partner, Capital Law

 

Minutes:

5.1 Chris Nott and Stuart Pearson answered questions from Committee Members


Meeting: 21/06/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

Panel representing big businesses - State of Roads in Wales

Mike Plaut, Chair, CBI Wales

Chris Sutton, Vice Chair, CBI Wales

Leighton Jenkins, Assistant Director and Head of Policy, CBI Wales

Mike Colborne, Compliance Manager, Owens Group

Minutes:

4.1 Mike Plaut, Ian Price, Leighton Jenkins and Mike Colborne answered questions from Committee Members

4.2 Leighton Jenkins agreed to provide further details on the World Economic Forum study


Meeting: 21/06/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Panel representing small businesses - State of Roads in Wales

Matt Williams, Policy Adviser, Federation of Small Businesses

Elgan Morgan, Policy & Public Affairs Manager, South Wales Chamber of Commerce

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 Matt Williams and Elgan Morgan answered questions from Committee Members


Meeting: 13/06/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Engineering panel - State of Roads in Wales

Ed Evans, Director and Secretary, Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA Wales)

Keith Jones, Director, Institution of Civil Engineers Wales Cymru (ICE Cymru)

Stuart Davies, Chair, County Surveyors Society (CSS) Wales

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 Ed Evans, Keith Jones and Stuart Davies answered questions from Committee Members


Meeting: 13/06/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

Road users organisations - State of Roads in Wales

John Pockett, Director, Confederation of Passenger Transport Wales, CPT (Wales)

Gareth Mole, Engineering Director, Cardiff Bus

Sally Gilson, Head of Skills Campaigning, Freight Transport Association

Duncan Buchanan, Director of Policy, Road Haulage Association

Minutes:

4.1 John Pockett, Gareth Mole, Sally Gilson and Duncan Buchanan answered questions from Committee Members

4.2 John Pockett agreed to supply the Committee with further evidence on AI


Meeting: 13/06/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Professor Nigel Smith - State of Roads in Wales (Via video-conference)

Professor Nigel Smith, Professor of Project & Transport Infrastructure Management, Institute for Resilient Infrastructure, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 Professor Nigel Smith  and Kris Moodley answered questions from Committee Members


Meeting: 09/05/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Letter from the Chair to the Auditor General for Wales regarding the State of the Roads inquiry

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.3.1 The letter was noted by the Committee


Meeting: 09/05/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Letter from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chair regarding the State of the Roads inquiry

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.2.1 The letter was noted by the Committee


Meeting: 21/03/2018 - Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Scoping paper - State of Roads in Wales

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the scoping paper