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Open WAG Consultations
None.
Relevant WAG Publications
Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions Operational Guidance to Local Authorities
(25/05/10)
Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions-Guidance on The Certification of Approved Devices
(25/05/10)
Statutory guidance to local authorities on the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions
(25/05/10)
M4 Widening Junction 29 Castleton to Junction 32 Coryton
(25/01/10)
Travel Behaviour Code Statutory Guidance
(15/12/09)
Guidance on Home to School Transport Risk Assessments
(27/11/09)
Guidelines for Setting Local Speed Limits in Wales
(05/11/09)
(30/10/09)
(15/07/09)
Monitoring Report on the Intra Wales Air Service
(06/03/09)
Walking and Cycling Action Plan 2009 - 2013
(23/02/09)
(06/05/08)
NAfW Committee Inquiries
Funding Road Infrastructure
The Minister has published his/her response, and the report has been debated in Plenary. Contact your local AM should you wish to discuss a specific matter arising from the report.
Casualty Reduction and Trunk Road Management
The Enterprise and Learning Committee has published its report. To read it, click here. The Minister is now duty-bound to respond, should you wish to raise a specific matter with them click here for further contact details.
Future Railway Infrastructure in Wales
The Enterprise and Learning Committee has published its report. To read it, click here. The Minister has published his response, and the report has been debated in Plenary. Contact your local AM should you wish to discuss a specific matter arising from the report.
Accessibility of railway stations in Wales
The National Assembly for Wales’s Equality of Opportunity Committee is undertaking an inquiry into the accessibility of railway stations in Wales. The Committee is hearing oral evidence. To read transcripts of meetings and written responses, click here.
Petitions
A465 relief road to Tafarnaubach Industrial Estate
Open since 06/03/08
A465 relief road to Tafarnaubach Industrial Estate, to take HGV’s off old Merthyr Road O/S Bryn Bach School & Princetown Village. For more information, click here.
Current status: Correspondence has been received from the Minister for Transport and Economy and Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, so the committee will ask the petitioners if they’re happy with what has been done.
Welsh Canoeing Association
Open since 10/04/08
The Petitioners are to urging the Welsh Assembly Government to ‘consider and implement a Bill to benefit Wales that would enshrine access rights and responsibilities for the public to and along natural resources in the same way that the Scottish Land Reform Act encourages co-operative use of the outdoors for healthy, low impact recreation. This bill must provide and permit access to and along non-tidal water in the face of the massive lack of legal clarity and restrictions that exist at present, which act as a barrier to sport and recreation and the promotion of Wales as a place to visit for Adventure Tourism.’ For more information, click here.
Current status: Information has been received from the Sustainability Committee regarding their inquiry into inland waters in Wales. It was decided that nothing further could be done, so the petition has been formally closed.
Parking in Heath and Birchgrove
Open since 23/04/08
The petitioners are calling on the Welsh Assembly Government to: 1) Advise the Cardiff and Vale NHS trust to: provide sufficient parking on site for its staff and visitors by seeking suitable areas for hospital parking on site and on land such as the derelict area north of the allotments opposite Heath Hospital on the other side of Eastern Avenue, decentralise some of the services already on the Heath site and cease selling hospital land in Cardiff and the surrounding area for housing; 2) Recommend Cardiff County Council to: refuse planning permission for further development on the Heath Hospital site unless a unit is removed from the site which has an equal traffic impact, discourage multi-occupation development in the area and introduce limited time parking in streets within walking distance of Heath hospital; and 3) consider within the Assembly the introduction of a system which would allow local groups to appeal to the Assembly when the council gives planning permission for a development which residents consider will exacerbate the problem of parking in the area. For more information, click here.
Current status: Correspondence has been received by the petitioners and the Local Health Board, which as held a review of the Sustainable Travel Plan. A further letter will be sent to the LHB to ask about the current situation and the work that has been done with Cardiff City Council, in order to update the petitioners.
E-petition to investigate the feasibility of introducing a direct train service between Ebbw Vale and Newport
Open since 06/06/08
The petitioners call upon the National Assembly for Wales to investigate the feasibility of introducing a direct train service between Ebbw Vale and Newport, calling at intermediate stations, and make recommendations to the appropriate authorities. For more information, click here.
Current status: The Minister for Transport and Economy has said that the necessary infrastructure work will be completed later this year, so the petition has been closed officially.
Abolish the Severn Bridge Tolls
Open since 15/10/08
The petitioners call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the UK Government in Westminster to do everything in its power to abolish the two Severn Bridge tolls. For more information, click here.
Current status: A response from the Minister for Economy and Transport noted that he is considering undertaking a study of the economic impact of the tolls. The committee will be in further contact with him again to ask what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the matter.
The Glamorganshire Canal
Open since 10/02/09
We call upon the National Assembly of Wales to support the creation of a Glamorganshire Canal historical trail from Merthyr to Cardiff Bay, indicating the major locations en route and other historical sites in proximity to the Canal e.g. Hamadryad Hospital Ship, as a means of encouraging interest in the regional history, tourism and providing an interesting and challenging walking and cycling trail. For more information, click here.
Current status: Further information has been received from the Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, and Minister for Heritage. The committee will contact Rhondda Cynon Taf and Cardiff Councils to ask for further details on the matter.
Access Road in Llanmaes
Open since 02/06/09
The petitioners, residents of Llanmaes, Millands Park, and the surrounding rural areas object to:
- The proposed new northern access road for the proposed Defence Technical College
- The proposed new Tremains Farm housing estate
Objections to the above are for the following reasons:
- it involves the destruction of green field site when brown field sites are available
- it will create considerable noise, light and dust pollution
- it will incur substantial ecological damage.
For more information, click here.
Opposing RAF St Athan Northern Access Road (Boverton residents)
Open since 23/09/09
The petitioners call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to amend its plans for the proposed Defence Technical Academy at St Athan so that no northern access road is constructed and that the green field sites at Tremain's Farm, Picketston and Eglwys Brewis are preserved. This would take into account the views of 95% of the 395 individuals consulted in Boverton. For more information, click here.
Current Status: The committee will contact the Minister for Economy and Transport to ask when a decision will be made regarding the compulsory purchase order, as well as the Ministry of Defence to ask when they envisage a decision regarding the defence training college.
Local Authority Register of Road Safety Schemes
Open since 27/07/09
The petitioners call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to improve Public Safety by requiring Local Authorities to publish a regularly updated waiting list of road safety schemes for which they are responsible. These lists should include timescales for the completion of schemes to give residents confidence that their safety concerns are being considered by local authorities. For more information, click here.
Current status: Although a response has been received by the Minister for Economy and Transport, the committee will contact the Minister again to clarify what the petitioners seek in the petition.
Improved access to public transport for people with disabilities
Open since 07/09/09
The petitioners believe that public transport should be available for people with disabilities. We therefore call upon the Welsh Assembly Government, to bring forward an action plan to make public transport in Wales accessible for all. For more information, click here.
Current status: Correspondence has been received from Arriva Trains Wales and the Equality of Opportunity Committee. The committee will try to ensure that the petitioners will be able to give evidence to the Equality of Opportunity Committee’s inquiry.
Motion for Women – Sustrans
Open since 01/02/10
The petitioners want to be able to choose to cycle much more. To do this we need to feel safe when we cycle.
They demand that governments prioritise the creation of environments that encourage and support cycling, this must include the National Assembly for Wales urging Welsh Government to make this a priority. For more information, click here.
Current status: A response from the Minister for Economy and Transport noted that an annual report into walking and cycling will soon be published, and action may be taken after that.
Relevant LCOs/Measures
Relevant Welsh Affairs Select Committee Information
Committee Report (published 15/03/10): The Proposed Legislative Competence Order relating to Transport: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report
Committee Report (published 15/02/10): The Proposed Legislative Competence Order relating to Transport
Committee Report (published 01/02/10): Ports in Wales: Government Response to the Committee's Fifteenth Report of Session 2008–09
The Committee is holding and inquiry into the Cross-border Transport
The Committee is currently conducting an inquiry into Cross-border Transport for Wales and the Future Rail Infrastructure
Committee Report (published 06/11/09): Ports in Wales
Government Response (published 05/11/09): Cross-border provision of public services for Wales: Transport: Government Response to the Committee's Tenth Report of Session 2008-09
