We must build hard shoulders for the A55

SAYS LEADER OF THE WELSH CONSERVATIVES

- By OWEN HUGHES Chief Reporter

A CALL for a 'hard shoulder' along large parts of the A55 has been made in a bid to cut congestion.

The dual carriageway was developed in different sections over a number of decades by various UK governments, with the last part finally completed on Anglesey in 2001.

While it transformed travel across the region, the road has been declared "not fit for purpose" by critics.

Demands have been made for various investments - from a third Menai crossing to the removal of the roundabouts at Penmaenmawr and Llanfairfechan.

There have also been calls for other changes along the route - from changing "dangerous" junctions to increasing resilience.

Leader of the Welsh Conservatives and Clwyd West MS Darren Millar has called on the Welsh Government to invest in the A55 trunk road.

He told transport secretary Ken Skates that creating hard shoulders along large parts of its length and planning for contraflows to be enabled would alleviate congestion.

He said: "It's been raised by other colleagues in terms of the resilience of the A55 trunk road, and it is something that I have raised many times in the past too.