A £1.2 billion City Deal is a partnership consisting of ten local authorities and now Labour want to charge a Valley Tax to enter Cardiff

Plans to introduce a congestion charge to Cardiff are being considered.

Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Minister for Transport Natasha Asghar MS said:

Do the working public of Wales need another bill?

“The last thing the working public of Wales needs right now is another bill. With public transport links outside of Cardiff too unreliable to be seen as viable alternatives, this appears to be just another way to punish motorists.

“With the Labour Government’s backwards ban on road building, the impending rollout of 20mph speed limits, and vital financial support for buses coming to an end you can’t help but feel that motorists are being targeted.

“Cardiff is not a large enough city to implement such a scheme and a large proportion of the workforce come from areas that are not easy to travel from, unless you own a car. By forcing people out of their cars, this congestion charge will be a detriment to people’s work life balance as they will spend their mornings and evenings, on public transport that is unreliable and constantly late.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65276721