Meetings

PAC(5)-28-19 Paper 1 – Letter from the Welsh Government (8 October 2019)

3.1 The Committee considered correspondence from the Welsh Government on the M4 Relief Road and agreed that the Chair will wrote to the Chair of the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee with the Committee’s views to help facilitate any future work that Committee plans to undertake following the Burns Review.

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-20-19 Paper 2 – Welsh Government

Andrew Slade - Director General, Economy, Skills & Natural Resources Group, Welsh Government

Simon Jones - Director, Economic Infrastructure, Welsh Government

Andy Falleyn - Deputy Director, Infrastructure Delivery, Welsh Government

4.1 The Committee took evidence from Welsh Government as part of their inquiry into the costs incurred on the M4 Relief Road.

4.2 Andrew Slade agreed to send further information on:

·         Details of the total net cost for the M4 development – itemising total development costs plus winding up costs and any other related costs, less any profits from the sale of properties acquired, other income or costs recovered;

·         Send copies of the M4 corridor around Newport, Objectors’ Suggested Alternatives Report (March 2017);

·         The breakdown of the proposed tunnelling beneath the Gwent Levels, how these costs had been benchmarked and what percentage they were of the overall costs of the alternatives;

·         Provide a timetable on the disposal of the properties in the Welsh Government’s ownership.

7.1 Members discussed the evidence received.