Glyn Davies,
Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire, has paid tribute to the key modern day
politicians who have delivered on promises to build a Newtown Bypass. He was commenting
after today’s announcement by the Welsh Government that approval has been given
for the project to go ahead, with construction likely to begin before
Christmas.
Many individuals
have been involved in bringing this huge project to the construction phase, but
Glyn Davies has paid tribute to three individual politicians who have made key contributions.
Commenting on
today’s announcement, Glyn Davies MP, who has been involved in discussions
about a Newtown Bypass since being elected as Montgomeryshire Planning
Committee Chair in 1982, said;
"Today's
announcement of the go-ahead for a Newtown Bypass is very good news for mid
Wales. It is important for Newtown itself, but also for the whole of mid Wales
to the West of Newtown. It's been a long slog reaching today's decision. I was
first involved 33 years ago when elected Chair of Montgomeryshire's Planning
Committee. Newtown was being doubled in size, and a bypass was thought crucial
to the success of this great physical and social change."
“There
have been many people involved in delivering today's result. In the early days,
the late Peter Garbett-Edwards was a leading dynamic driving force, along with others. He would enjoy my remembering his key role today."
" I want to pay tribute to three modern day individuals who have also played key roles. Firstly, it was former Assembly Deputy First Minister, Ieuan Wyn Jones who made a firm commitment to deliver the Bypass by 2017 in a formal meeting with me in March 2011. That was the key commitment."
" I want to pay tribute to three modern day individuals who have also played key roles. Firstly, it was former Assembly Deputy First Minister, Ieuan Wyn Jones who made a firm commitment to deliver the Bypass by 2017 in a formal meeting with me in March 2011. That was the key commitment."
“Secondly,
it has been Assembly Minister Edwina Hart who has driven the project over
recent years, delivering on the promises made by her predecessor. Edwina has
been a great champion of Montgomeryshire, delivering our renal dialysis unit,
the Newtown Bypass, real movement on a new Dyfi Bridge and last week promising
to scrap Welshpool's ridiculous one-way system. She has stood out as an
Assembly Minister who has been a great friend of Montgomeryshire."
“And
thirdly, I pay tribute to our own current Assembly Member, Russell George, who
has shown great tenacity in ensuring that the Welsh Government's promises have
been delivered on. He will continue to pressurise the Welsh Government to
ensure there is no slippage in completing the scheme."
“It's
been a very long time coming - but now it is coming. I hope to be driving on
the new bypass in late 2017. It's wonderful news for Montgomeryshire - for
Newtown, mid Wales to the West of Newtown, and our economic future. It's a day
to celebrate.”
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