Translate the text from English to Welsh.



 
The investment, which includes major improvements to the M4, A55, A40 and A494, the delivery of a South Wales Metro, the development of a North Wales Metro, a new rail franchise, a ports development fund, the development of a third Menai crossing, improved, more sustainable bus services and more, will be the largest Wales has seen in a generation.


At a speech to a transport and business audience at Cardiff Airport this morning, the Economy Secretary made clear the importance of working together to maximise the impact of this historic funding, to ensure maximum benefits for the whole of Wales.


Ken Skates said:



> “Our historic, multi billion pound investment, which includes significant EU funding, shows how serious this Welsh Government is about delivering a world class transport system in Wales – one that sustainably connects people and communities to jobs and services and drives our economy forward.
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> “Our network holds the key to delivering a prosperous Wales, to ensuring our general  health and well being  and building cohesive communities. Our collective challenge must be to use this billion pound   investment  creatively and collaboratively to sustainably develop a world class transport system that delivers the very best results for Wales.
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> “I also want to establish a better informed, better designed, long\-term, evidenced\-based approach to the planning of our transport network and the National Infrastructure Commission, which we are proposing, alongside an updated Welsh Transport Planning and Appraisal Guidance will  help  ensure this.”


On rail and buses the Economy Secretary said he wanted to be smarter about how it funded local bus and train services, with better information for passengers, smarter ticketing and genuinely regional transport planning, and ongoing work towards a metro in North and South Wales.


He also said he would use the new Wales and Borders franchise, from October 2018 as an opportunity to plan for huge projected growth of rail passenger numbers and prepare  for the future in a clear and clever way.


The Economy Secretary added:



> “In terms of major road improvements, I am publishing full technical, economic and environmental report on my review of the M4 scheme and can announce that the public inquiry into the M4 will take place on 28 February 2017, with a pre\-inquiry meeting held on 27 January.
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> “On congestion solutions for the A494 and A55, the consultation will take place in March 2017\. This will look at 2 proposals for the Deeside Corridor project, either of which will require investment upwards of £200 million \- the largest Welsh Government investment on these roads since they were first built.
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> “This whole agenda brings with it undoubted challenges but it also presents fantastic opportunities to for a bigger, better, multimodal and integrated  network that meet the needs of people right across Wales."


In his speech the Cabinet Secretary called for greater devolution of transport powers to Wales, including funding for rail infrastructure and new powers over Air Passenger Duty.


Similar powers over APD have already been given to the Northern Ireland and Scottish Parliaments and the Cabinet Secretary will call for parity for Wales.







Translation:


 
Bydd y buddsoddiad, sy’n cynnwys gwelliannau mawr i’r M4, A55, A40 a’r A494, darparu Metro De Cymru, datblygu Metro Gogledd Cymru, masnachfraint newydd ar gyfer y rheilffyrdd, cronfa datblygu porthladdoedd, datblygu trydydd pont ar draws y Fenai, gwasanaethau bws gwell, mwy cynaliadwy, a mwy, dyma’r buddsoddiad mwyaf y mae Cymru wedi ei weld mewn cenhedlaeth.


Mewn araith i gynulleidfa o weithwyr trafnidiaeth a busnes ym Maes Awyr Caerdydd heddiw, bydd Ysgrifennydd yr Economi yn pwysleisio pwysigrwydd cydweithio er mwyn elwa i’r eifthaf o’r cyllid hanesyddol hwn, i sicrhau cymaint o fanteision â phosib i Gymru gyfan.


Dywedodd Ken Skates:



> “Mae ein buddsoddiad hanesyddol, gwerth biliynnau o bunnoedd ac sy'n cynnwys arian Ewopeaidd sylweddol, yn dangos bod y Llywodraeth hon o ddifrif ynghylch darparu system drafnidiaeth o’r safon uchaf i Gymru – un sy’n cysylltu pobl a chymunedau i swyddi a gwasanaethau, mewn dull cynaliadwy, ac sy’n sbarduno ein heconomi.
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> “Mae ein rhwydwaith yn allweddol i ddarparu Cymru lewyrchus, i sicrhau ein hiechyd a’n llesiant cyffredinol ac i adeiladu cymunedau cydlynnol.  Yr her inni yw defnyddio’r buddsoddiad hwn yn greadigol ar y cyd i ddatblygu system drafnidiaeth o safon fyd\-eang mewn dull cynaliawy fydd yn cynnig y canlyniadau gorau un i Gymru.
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> “Rwyf hefyd am sefydlu dull ddoethach, hirdymor, wedi ei chynllunio yn well, ac sy’n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth, o gynllunio ein rhwydwaith drafnidiaeth, a’r Comisiwn Seilwaith Cenedlaethol, sy’n cael ei gynnig gennym, ochr yn ochr â’r Arweiniad ar Arfarnu a Chynllunio Trafnidiaeth Cymru newydd, fydd yn help i sicrhau hyn.”


O ran rheilffyrdd a bysiau, dywedodd Ysgrifennydd yr Economi ei fod eisiau ariannu rheilffyrdd a bysiau lleol mewn ffordd ddoethach, gyda gwybodaeth well i deithwyr, system docynnau ddoethach a chynllunio trafnidiaeth rhanbarthol gwirioneddol, gan weithio’n barhaus tuag at gael metro yng Ngogledd a De Cymru.


Dywedodd hefyd y byddai’n defnyddio’r fasnachfraint newydd ar gyfer Cymru a’r Gororau, o fis Hydref 2018, fel cyfle i gynllunio ar gyfer y twf enfawr a ragwelir yn nifer y teithwyr ar drenau, ac i baratoi at y dyfodol mewn dull doeth a chlir.


Ychwanegodd Ysgrifennydd yr Economi:



> “O ran gwelliannau mawr i’r ffyrdd, rwy’n cyhoeddi adroddiad technegol, economaidd ac amgylcheddol llawn o’m hadolygiad o gynllun yr M4, a gallaf gyhoeddi y bydd yr ymchwiliad cyhoeddus i’r M4 yn digwydd ar 28 Chwefror 2017, gyda chyfarfod cyn yr ymchwiliad ar 27 Ionawr.
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> “Ar yr atebion i’r tagfeydd ar yr A494 a’r A55, cynhelir yr ymgynghoriad ym mis Mawrth 2017\. Bydd hwn yn edrych ar ddau gynnig ar gyfer prosiect Coridor Glannau Dyfrdwy, a bydd y ddau yn galw am fuddsoddiad o dros £200 miliwn – y buddsoddiad mwyaf gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn y ffyrdd hyn ers iddynt gael eu hadeiladu gyntaf.
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> “Daw heriau amlwg gyda’r agenda hon, ond mae hefyd yn rhoi cyfleoedd gwych am rwydwaith mwy, gwell, integredig, sydd â nifer o opsiynau sy’n bodloni anghenion pobl ledled Cymru.”


Yn ei araith, mae'r Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet wedi galw am ddatganoli mwy o bwerau trafnidiaeth i Gymru, gan gynnwys arian ar gyfer y rhwydwaith rheilffyrdd a phwerau newydd dros Dollau Teithwyr Awyr.


Mae pwerau tebyg dros Dollau Teithwyr Awyr eisoes wedi eu rhoi i Senedd Gogledd Iwerddon a’r Alban a bydd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn galw am degwch i Gymru hefyd.