4-hr commute an example of what travel plans will attempt to solve

AMBITIOUS plans to transform public transport in North Wales will help people like a young woman who faces a nightmare four-hour daily commute to work

- By OWEN HUGHES Business Correspondent [e-mail]

That's the vow from Ken Skates MS, Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, ahead of a meeting with business leaders in Wrexham.

Mr Skates, who is also the Senedd member for Clwyd South, will be outlining details of the Network North Wales proposals at a breakfast meeting of Wrexham Business Professionals at the city's Maesgwyn Hall on June 27.

According to Mr Skates, far too many young people are being "cut out of the jobs market" because they can't access reliable transport to the workplace.

He said the Welsh Government's vision for an integrated, high-frequency transport system will drive economic growth in the region and provide key bus services to centres of employment.

The problem was flagged up at a Wrexham Business Professionals meeting in July last year.