Briefing: Lessons to learn from Welsh roads policy

This briefing note reviews the development of roads policy in Wales. It demonstrates that the foundations for roads policy are built on the Well-being of Future Generations Act (2015). The Act has influenced strategy in relation to net zero carbon dioxide (‘carbon’), land-use planning and the Wales Transport Strategy. The briefing demonstrates how these three strategies have integrated goals to deliver Welsh Government’s ambitions. It summarises the four purposes and four conditions, now adopted as policy, for testing future road investment allocations within Wales, and how these arose from a roads review process. The briefing discusses the consequences for professionals in relation to planning and designing solutions and ‘carbon’ assessments.