A person who’s walked greater than 200 miles from Bangor to the Senedd in Cardiff will attain his vacation spot on Wednesday.
Elfed Wyn ap Elwyn is looking for a direct rail hyperlink between North and South Wales.
Currently, travelling between Bangor and Cardiff means having to cross the border into England and alter at Shrewsbury to finish the journey.
The Gwynedd councillor advised Sky News the federal government must be investing in public transport amid the continued row on the default 20mph restrict in Wales.
“With the developments on roads recently where the government is trying to get us to use more public transport, through 20mph and through the restriction of a number of new project, that only works if there’s investment within public transport too,” he mentioned.
A Welsh authorities spokesperson mentioned it was “committed to protecting potential travel corridors” alongside the nation’s west coast.
The spokesperson added it was working with Transport for Wales on how transport hyperlinks between North and South Wales might be strengthened.
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A petition calling for an inner rail connection inside the nation has gained over 12,000 signatures and is ready to be debated within the Senedd.
Cllr ap Elwyn mentioned current developments on HS2 took away from “any argument” that the mission can be of profit to North Wales.
The name for Wales to get a share of funding has been echoed by the Welsh authorities.
“We need to push to get the money we’re supposed to get through the Barnett Formula,” Mr ap Elwyn mentioned.
“And only a fraction of that would be needed to re-establish a railway line which links our communities and pulls people closer together within Wales.”
The UK authorities has beforehand mentioned HS2 is a “national project” which advantages each England and Wales.
It additionally mentioned Wales has benefited not directly from any will increase within the Department for Transport’s finances which can have been pushed by HS2.
Source: information.sky.com”