Shadow Minister for North Wales Darren Millar MS has condemned the Labour Welsh Government for “abandoning” their pre-election pledge to invest millions in key roads across North Wales.

In the Senedd of Tuesday, Deputy Climate Change Minister Lee Waters announced that all new road-building projects will be stopped while the Welsh Government’s new climate change ministry conducts a wide-ranging review, which he said is a necessary part of Wales' effort to reduce carbon emissions.

In North Wales it puts a pause on the roundabouts removal scheme at Llanfairfechan and Penmaenmawr, Deeside's Red Route, and plans for a third Menai crossing.

Commenting on the freeze, Darren said:

"Labour promised hundreds of millions in investment in our key roads across North Wales prior to the recent Senedd elections yet now they've abandoned that pledge and broken their promise.

"'This is a very short-sighted decision which will undermine our economy.

"Roads are essential in delivering prosperity across the region and with fossil fuel glugging cars being phased out and replaced with electric vehicles roads are no longer the environmental enemy that some would make them out to be.

"Spending on big ticket infrastructure projects is just the kind of investment that North Wales needs right now as we seek to rebound from the pandemic."