Wales' 22 local authorities were invited to submit proposals to
the Welsh Government for local transport improvements in their
areas that will help to deliver the priorities and ambitions of
Wales' Transport Strategy - Llwybr Newydd. These include:
- Addressing disruptions to the highway network caused by
severe weather
- Improving road safety
- Delivering walking and cycling routes
- Improving bus journey times and waiting facilities
- Delivering publicly available EV charging
infrastructure
The substantial support, which is designed to help local councils
to improve transport in their area, includes funding for Active
Travel and Safe Routes, Road Safety, EV charging facilities, road
resilience, local transport and unadopted
roads.
Projects to benefit from this investment include improvements to
walking and cycling connections to Llandudno station, funding for
the Haverfordwest bus interchange, investment in route safety in
Llanidloes and support for bus corridors in Cardiff.
Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport, said: “These grants are a substantial investment to
support sustainable local economic growth, enhance public
transport facilities and create and improve routes that will
enable and encourage more people in Wales to walk, wheel and
cycle.
“These projects are prime examples of the practical solutions we
have asked local authorities to design in order to make it easier
for residents to connect with their places of employment and
businesses, and to do so more sustainably.”
This funding also builds on allocations which have been made to
different phases of some projects in previous years.
Notes to editors
A full list of successful schemes by local authority: https://www.gov.wales/local-authority-transport-grants-awarded-2024-2025
