English: I'll come to that, if I may, as I make some progress. So, we've now got the first set of active travel maps for our larger towns and villages, and we've got a reasonable amount of capital funding to start building and improving those routes. And as the Assembly's economy committee has pointed out, these first iterations of maps are imperfect. I'm determined that the next versions of the plans, due in early 2021, will be better and will be based on genuine engagement with people who, at the moment, might not consider getting on a bike. The tunnels need to feature on the maps if they are active travel infrastructure, and only the Abernant tunnel features currently. But even though most of the tunnels don't have significant potential for active travel, they do, nonetheless, have real value. I want to explore how the conversion, as well as the maintenance and liabilities that will come with each, can be funded. Finding a sustainable future for industrial structures can be challenging, particularly if there's heavy pollution on the site. But we are committed to playing our part, as I know are local government. I spoke last week to Councillor Andrew Morgan, the leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf, and he told me of the considerable work his authority has already done to explore the opening of the Rhondda tunnel, and his commitment to work with the Welsh Government and Neath Port Talbot Council to work through the practical obstacles. Realising the potential of our historic industrial infrastructure will require different bodies to work together, and different agendas to align. Utilising the old railway tunnels, for example, has the potential to create a network of routes offering leisure and tourism opportunities, as well as regenerating an area. As chair of the Valleys taskforce, that's a potential I fully recognise. I've spoken with the Deputy Minister for Culture, Tourism and Sport, who is supportive of the plans to reopen the tunnels, which chime with his forthcoming action plan for tourism in Wales for the next five years, and he's confirmed to me that Visit Wales are keen to be part of any development, making the tourist case for the project. The Minister for Housing and Local Government is similarly supportive of the potential reopening of the tunnels for regeneration of communities, and the involvement of the community has been the most striking example in the excellent campaign to reopen the Rhondda tunnel. The ambition to create the longest walking and cycling route through a railway tunnel in Europe, which would become an attraction of its own, is one that we support, and we commend the Rhondda Tunnel Society for their work. And we've worked with them to look at the practicalities of opening the tunnel. We have funded work on a high-level business case for the project, as well as providing funding for the development of a new business case, an ecological assessment, and improving access to the tunnel for survey work to be undertaken. So, we have done quite a bit, but until now, no funding has been offered by either the UK Government or Highways England beyond the token sum of £60,000, which some Members mentioned with the implication this was significant. I must tell them, it really is not. The UK Government currently holds the liability for the long-term maintenance of the tunnel. It's in their interest to transfer that liability, but they also have an obligation to set communities up to succeed in managing these assets in the future, and the paltry offer of £60,000 is a risible one. I hope they'll play their part with us, and their local councils, to make the project a success. We cannot take full responsibility for the full liability of the tunnel from Highways England, nor can we fully fund the project, and I want to make that clear to Members. [ Interruption.] I'm afraid I have very little time. But we will do our bit. In 2015 we commissioned Sustrans - if I can just finish, Dirprwy Lywydd; I've an announcement I want to make. We commissioned in 2015 Sustrans to do a desktop study of a number of tunnels in south-east Wales to explore the potential for their reopening, and I have asked Sustrans today to update that work, drawing on the work carried out on both the Rhondda and Abernant tunnels in the interim. They will also draw on local authorities' active travel network mapping and data from similar projects such as the Bath two-tunnels scheme, to get a better understanding of long-term operating and maintenance costs, which is essential before we address the issue of ownership. There is an opportunity to build a close partnership with the Valleys Regional Park partners, local authorities, and tourism, heritage and leisure partners to explore the potential for reopening the structures. I'm particularly interested in the lessons we can learn from the experience of reopening the 1 mile Combe Down tunnel near Bath in 2013. That project was led by Sustrans and involved a significant amount of lottery funding to reopen it. I've had an initial conversation with the National Lottery Community Fund about funding a similar project in south Wales. The Minister for Housing and Local Government and the Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism and I have jointly agreed to fund Sustrans to lead a partnership bid for assembling external funding for the reopening and running of the Rhondda and Abernant tunnels. Clearly, the funding would need to come from a wide range of sources and can only be achieved with a wide range of bodies working together, and this includes the community, who I pay tribute to again for championing this cause. I do believe there are practical things that we can do, Dirprwy Lywydd, to make this opportunity a real one, but it is not easy, and we cannot do it alone.
Welsh: Dof at hynny, os caf, wrth i mi wneud rhywfaint o gynnydd. Felly, rydym bellach wedi cael y set gyntaf o fapiau teithio llesol ar gyfer ein trefi a'n pentrefi mwyaf, ac mae gennym swm rhesymol o arian cyfalaf i ddechrau adeiladu a gwella'r llwybrau hynny. Ac fel y mae pwyllgor economi'r Cynulliad wedi'i nodi, nid yw'r fersiynau cyntaf hyn o'r mapiau yn berffaith. Rwy'n benderfynol y bydd y fersiynau nesaf o'r cynlluniau, sydd i ddod ar ddechrau 2021, yn well ac yn seiliedig ar ymgysylltiad gwirioneddol â phobl na fyddai'n ystyried mynd ar feic ar hyn o bryd o bosibl. Mae angen i'r twneli ymddangos ar y mapiau os ydynt yn seilwaith teithio llesol, a thwnnel Aber-nant yn unig sy'n ymddangos ar hyn o bryd. Ond er nad oes gan y rhan fwyaf o'r twneli botensial sylweddol ar gyfer teithio llesol, mae iddynt werth gwirioneddol serch hynny. Rwyf eisiau archwilio sut y gellir ariannu'r gwaith o addasu, yn ogystal â chynnal a chadw a'r rhwymedigaethau a ddaw gyda phob un. Mae dod o hyd i ddyfodol cynaliadwy ar gyfer strwythurau diwydiannol yn gallu bod yn heriol, yn enwedig os oes llygredd trwm ar y safle. Ond rydym wedi ymrwymo i chwarae ein rhan, fel y gwn y mae llywodraeth leol. Yr wythnos diwethaf, siaradais â'r Cynghorydd Andrew Morgan, arweinydd Rhondda Cynon Taf, a dywedodd wrthyf am y gwaith sylweddol y mae ei awdurdod eisoes wedi'i wneud i edrych ar agor twnnel y Rhondda, a'i ymrwymiad i weithio gyda Llywodraeth Cymru a Chyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot i oresgyn y rhwystrau ymarferol. Er mwyn gwireddu potensial ein seilwaith diwydiannol hanesyddol, bydd yn rhaid i wahanol gyrff gydweithio, a bydd yn rhaid cydgysylltu agendâu gwahanol. Mae'n bosibl y byddai defnyddio'r hen dwneli rheilffordd, er enghraifft, yn gallu arwain at greu rhwydwaith o lwybrau sy'n cynnig cyfleoedd hamdden a thwristiaeth, yn ogystal ag adfywio ardal. Fel cadeirydd tasglu'r Cymoedd, mae hwnnw'n botensial rwy'n ei gydnabod yn llawn. Rwyf wedi siarad â'r Dirprwy Weinidog Diwylliant, Twristiaeth a Chwaraeon, sy'n cefnogi'r cynlluniau i ailagor y twneli, cynlluniau sy'n cyd-fynd â'i gynllun gweithredu arfaethedig ar gyfer twristiaeth yng Nghymru dros y pum mlynedd nesaf, ac mae wedi cadarnhau wrthyf fod Croeso Cymru yn awyddus i fod yn rhan o unrhyw ddatblygiad, gan wneud yr achos twristaidd ar gyfer y prosiect. Mae'r Gweinidog Tai a Llywodraeth Leol yr un mor gefnogol i botensial ailagor y twneli ar gyfer adfywio cymunedau, ac ymwneud y gymuned oedd yr enghraifft fwyaf drawiadol yn yr ymgyrch ardderchog i ailagor twnnel y Rhondda. Mae'r uchelgais i greu'r llwybr cerdded a beicio hiraf drwy dwnnel rheilffordd yn Ewrop, a fyddai'n dod yn atyniad ynddo'i hun, yn un a gefnogwn, ac rydym yn cymeradwyo Cymdeithas Twnnel y Rhondda am eu gwaith. Ac rydym wedi gweithio gyda hwy i edrych ar ymarferoldeb agor y twnnel. Rydym wedi ariannu gwaith ar achos busnes lefel uchel ar gyfer y prosiect, yn ogystal â darparu cyllid ar gyfer datblygu achos busnes newydd, asesiad ecolegol, a gwella mynediad at y twnnel er mwyn gallu gwneud gwaith arolygu. Felly, rydym wedi gwneud cryn dipyn, ond hyd yma, nid yw Llywodraeth y DU na Highways England wedi cynnig unrhyw gyllid y tu hwnt i'r swm symbolaidd o £60,000, y soniodd rhai o'r Aelodau amdano gan awgrymu ei fod yn sylweddol. Mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud wrthynt nad yw hynny'n wir. Ar hyn o bryd, Llywodraeth y DU sy'n gyfrifol am gynnal a chadw'r twnnel yn y tymor hir. Byddai trosglwyddo'r atebolrwydd hwnnw o fudd iddynt, ond mae ganddynt rwymedigaeth hefyd i sicrhau bod cymunedau'n llwyddo i reoli'r asedau hyn yn y dyfodol, ac mae'r cynnig pitw o £60,000 yn un chwerthinllyd. Rwy'n gobeithio y byddant yn chwarae eu rhan gyda ni, a'u cynghorau lleol, i sicrhau bod y prosiect yn llwyddiant. Ni allwn gymryd cyfrifoldeb llawn am rwymedigaeth lawn y twnnel oddi wrth Highways England, ac ni allwn ariannu'r prosiect yn llawn, ac rwyf eisiau gwneud hynny'n glir i'r Aelodau. [ Torri ar draws.] Mae arnaf ofn mai ychydig iawn o amser sydd gennyf. Ond byddwn yn gwneud ein rhan. Yn 2015, comisiynwyd Sustrans - os caf orffen, Ddirprwy Lywydd; mae gennyf gyhoeddiad i'w wneud. Comisiynwyd Sustrans yn 2015 i wneud astudiaeth bwrdd gwaith o nifer o dwneli yn ne-ddwyrain Cymru i archwilio'r posibilrwydd o'u hailagor, a heddiw rwyf wedi gofyn i Sustrans ddiweddaru'r gwaith hwnnw, gan ddefnyddio'r gwaith a wnaed ar dwnnel y Rhondda a thwnnel Aber-nant yn y cyfamser. Byddant hefyd yn defnyddio mapiau rhwydwaith teithio llesol a data awdurdodau lleol o brosiectau tebyg, fel cynllun dau dwnnel Caerfaddon, er mwyn cael gwell dealltwriaeth o gostau gweithredu a chynnal a chadw hirdymor, sy'n hanfodol cyn inni fynd i'r afael â mater perchnogaeth. Mae cyfle i greu partneriaeth agos gyda phartneriaid Parc Rhanbarthol y Cymoedd, awdurdodau lleol, a phartneriaid twristiaeth, treftadaeth a hamdden i ymchwilio i'r posibilrwydd o ailagor y strwythurau. Mae gennyf ddiddordeb arbennig yn y gwersi y gallwn eu dysgu o'r profiad o ailagor twnnel Combe Down, twnnel 1 filltir o hyd, ger Caerfaddon yn 2013. Arweiniwyd y prosiect hwnnw gan Sustrans ac roedd angen swm sylweddol o arian y loteri i'w ailagor. Rwyf wedi cael sgwrs gychwynnol gyda Chronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol am ariannu prosiect tebyg yn ne Cymru. Mae'r Gweinidog Tai a Llywodraeth Leol, y Dirprwy Weinidog Diwylliant, Chwaraeon a Thwristiaeth a minnau wedi cytuno ar y cyd i ariannu Sustrans i arwain cais partneriaeth ar gyfer sicrhau cyllid allanol ar gyfer ailagor a chynnal twnnel y Rhondda a thwnnel Aber-nant. Yn amlwg, byddai angen i'r cyllid ddod o ystod eang o ffynonellau a'r unig ffordd o gyflawni hynny yw drwy sicrhau bod ystod eang o gyrff yn gweithio gyda'i gilydd, ac mae hyn yn cynnwys y gymuned, ac rwy'n talu teyrnged iddi eto am hyrwyddo'r achos hwn. Rwy'n credu bod pethau ymarferol y gallwn eu gwneud, Ddirprwy Lywydd, i wneud y cyfle hwn yn un go iawn, ond nid yw'n hawdd, ac ni allwn ei wneud ar ein pennau ein hunain.