The Welsh Labour-led Government announced today (July 15) that it is writing off some £43.1 million of the costs it incurred following the decision not to proceed with the M4 corridor around Newport scheme – dubbed “the Road to Nowhere”.
Mr George, the Shadow Minister for Economy, Business, and Infrastructure said:
“This is an acute embarrassment for the Welsh Labour-led Government, and an insult to hard-working taxpayers who have seen their money written off in such a cavalier manner.
“The Minister’s Government has dithered and left communities in South East Wales without a solution to its congestion and in the meantime wasted millions of pounds of taxpayer’s money.
“The explanation by the Minister is insufficient, requires far greater detail, and – frankly – also needs an apology to the Welsh people and businesses struggling to get the economy here working again.”
