§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list projects on railways for which spending has been made by(a) the Development Board for Rural Wales and (b) the Welsh Development Agency for each of the last three available years, indicating the amount of spending and the totals for each agency; and if he will make a statement. [18908]
Development Board for Rural Wales 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 £ £ £ Refurbishment of Machynlleth station 25,000 — — Talybont station 25,000 — — Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury infrastructure improvements 75,000 — — Bus parking spaces at Machynlleth station — 10,000 — Preparation of a strategy for railways in mid-Wales after privatisation — — 14,345 Cambrian Lines (Marketing Campaign) — — 5,000 Feasibility study on line speed improvements between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton — — 1,000 Total 125,000 10,000 20,345 155,345
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Welsh Developmet Agency 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 Treforest station—Phase II 35,000 — — Tirphil station 10,000 — — Merthyr Tydfil (relocation of signal box) 157,000 — — Llanelli station (environmental improvements) 3,000 204,000 79,000 Templeton station (feasibility study) — 6,400 — Pensarn station — 15,930 2,650 "Gateway Cardiff" (landscaping Queen Street) — 14,325 39,625
Welsh Development Agency 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 "Gateway Wales" (landscaping—Cardiff Central) — 5,525 9,670 Rhyl Station (refurbishment)1 — 94,000 875,000 Caerphilly bus and rail station (feasibility study and design)1 — 400,000 3,000 Pontypool Station — 23,910 11,940 Marketing campaigns (Cambrian and Conwy Valley lines) — 10,000 — Conwy Valley railway (environmental improvements)1 — — 34,465 Holyhead station improvement1 — — 31,000 Whitland station (survey and design) — — 10,750 Merthyr Tydfil (station relocation) — — 600,000 Railfreight studies (South Wales) — — 64,915 Total 205,000 774,090 1,762,015 2,741,105 1 On-going projects. Most of these projects have been carried out jointly with other bodies.