P-05-841 Include the alternative 3rd Menai Crossing proposal 'Pont Bendigeidfran' in the formal assessment process
P-05-841 Include the alternative 3rd Menai Crossing proposal 'Pont Bendigeidfran' in the formal assessment process
P-05-841 Include the alternative 3rd Menai Crossing proposal 'Pont
Bendigeidfran' in the formal assessment process
This
petition was submitted by Benji Poulton,
having
collected 278 signatures.
Text of
Petition
We call on the
National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to formally consider
the alternative proposal for the 3rd Menai Crossing known as 'Pont
Bendigeidfran' (as described in the video found here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty2q-ctJZKM).
This proposal
provides increased benefits in terms of whole life cost, its ability to enhance
the spectacular landscape, traffic benefits (both traffic flows and network
resilience), environmental mitigation, promoting tourism, promoting Welsh
culture, and is a better fit in terms of current legislation, for example the
Wellbeing of Future Generations Act. This proposal appears to be achievable
from an engineering perspective, and will be a more fitting addition to the two
world famous bridges already present at this location.
We therefore call
for this alternative proposal to be fully assessed alongside the original
options presented in the recent Welsh Government 3rd Menai Crossing
Public Consultation.
Status
This
petition was considered completed by the Petitions
Committee at its meeting on 11/12/2018.
The
Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and
Transport together with further comments from the petitioner and agreed to
provide the petitioner’s contact details to the team considering possible
designs for the new bridge. In light of the commitment made by the Cabinet
Secretary for Economy and Transport that the Pont Bendigeidfran proposal will
be assessed as part of the design work for the bridge, the Committee also
agreed to close the petition.
Full
details of the consideration of this petitions by the committee and related
documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.
It was
first considered by the Petitions Committee on 23/10/2018.
Assembly Constituency and Region
·
Arfon
·
North Wales
Further
information
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
First published: 11/10/2018