Inquiry into value for money of Motorway and Trunk Road Investment - The Fourth Assembly
Inquiry into value for money of Motorway and Trunk Road Investment - The Fourth Assembly
The
Public Accounts Committee
undertook an inquiry into the value for money of motorway and trunk road
investment. This
inquiry was generated by the Committee to consider value for money in:
- day to
day trunk road maintenance and improvement; and
- the
delivery
of major trunk road improvements.
As
part of the inquiry the Committee considered:
- whether
the Welsh Government’s approach to delivery of major trunk road projects
provides value for money including:
- the
effectiveness of Welsh Government planning and costing of schemes
- the
approach to project delivery and evaluation of projects; and
- how the
Welsh Government could improve its approach to planning and delivery of
schemes.
- the
extent to which the current approach to routine maintenance and
improvement of the network via Trunk Road Agents has delivered value for
money; and
- how the
maintenance and improvement functions delivered by the Trunk Road Agents
can be improved, in the context of the on-going Welsh Government review of
these agents.
The Committee recommended in its Legacy Report, that its successor Committee seeks an update from the Welsh Government in autumn 2016 on the implementation of the Committee’s recommendations and liaises with the successor to the Enterprise and Business Committee over any plans for further scrutiny of this topic.
Passage of the inquiry
The following table sets out the dates and contents of each of the evidence-gathering sessions during the inquiry.
Evidence Session |
Date, Agenda and Minutes |
Transcript |
Video |
1.
Road Users |
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2. Civil Engineers and Highway Professional Bodies |
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3. Academic Experts |
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4. Trunk Road Agents |
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5. Welsh Government |
Evidence
from the Public
The Committee held a public
consultation to gather evidence on
this topic.
Business type: Committee Inquiry
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 14/01/2015
Documents
- Public Accounts Committee Report - June 2015
- Welsh Government Response PDF 90 KB
- Update from the Welsh Government - 30 September 2016 PDF 448 KB
- Letter from Deputy Permanent Secretary, Economy, Skills and Natural Resources Group, Welsh Government - 19 October 2015 PDF 766 KB
- Letter from the Minister from Economy, Science and Transport, Welsh Government - 15 June 2015 PDF 138 KB
- Letter from Steve Martin Public Policy Institute for Wales - 21 May 2015
- Additional Information from Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation - May 2015
- Letter from the Director General for Economy, Science and Transport, Welsh Government - 29 April 2015
- Letter from the Director General for Economy, Science and Transport, Welsh Government - 28 April 2015
- Letter from Auditor General for Wales - 24 April 2015
- Additional Information from South Wales Trunk Road Agent - 8 April 2015
- Letter from the Director General for Economy, Science and Transport, Welsh Government - 7 April 2015 PDF 1 MB
- Additional information from the North & Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent - April 2015
- Letter from Auditor General for Wales - 26 March 2015
- Letter from the Regional Ambulance Headquarters and Clinical Centre Consultation - 25 March 2015 PDF 899 KB
- Letter from Highways England - 24 March 2015
- Letter from the Director General for Economy, Science and Transport, Welsh Government - 20 March 2015 PDF 816 KB
- Correspondence from Mr ET Wilde - January to June 2015 PDF 3 MB
Consultations