English: Yesterday, Cabinet Secretary, there was a huge pile-up on the M4, and one of the things, for business, vital to success is moving its people and its goods around a particular area, indeed around a country. This summer, the traffic jams on the M4 have been literally horrendous, and the loss to industry and the loss to all sections of society by those blockages have caused huge problems. What assessment has your department made of the measures that are in place, where suitable, to be deployed in a timely manner so that traffic can be put on the move again quickly, rather than see the 16-mile tailbacks that we saw yesterday? I appreciate where there have been fatalities or serious injuries then police investigations have to take place, but there has to be a solution to some of these problems in the hands of Traffic Wales, about the way they manage incidents on the motorway. The Member identifies a particularly tragic case from yesterday. I'm sure all of our thoughts are with those who were involved in this particular incident. The Member was also right to draw attention to the fact that it is the emergency services that determine how long a period is required for work to be carried out. Nonetheless, I do believe that there is an important focus to be made on constantly improving the resilience of our trunk road network, and responding as quickly as possible to incidents such as this. I will be publishing this month the resilience study into the A55, which identifies relatively easy, I hope, and relatively quick delivery systems that can improve the resilience of that trunk road, and potentially then be deployed elsewhere.
Welsh: Ddoe, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, bu damwain ddifrifol ar yr M4, ac un o'r pethau, i fusnesau, sy'n hanfodol ar gyfer llwyddiant yw symud eu pobl a'u nwyddau o gwmpas ardal benodol, o gwmpas gwlad yn wir. Dros yr haf, bu'r tagfeydd ar yr M4 yn llythrennol arswydus, ac mae'r golled i ddiwydiant a'r golled i bob rhan o gymdeithas o ganlyniad i'r tagfeydd hynny wedi achosi problemau enfawr. Pa asesiad y mae eich adran wedi'i wneud o'r mesurau sydd ar waith, lle y bo'n addas, i gael eu defnyddio mewn modd amserol er mwyn i draffig allu symud eto'n gyflym, yn hytrach na gweld y tagfeydd 16 milltir a welsom ddoe? Rwy'n cydnabod bod yn rhaid i'r heddlu gynnal ymchwiliadau yn sgil marwolaethau neu anafiadau difrifol, ond mae'n rhaid sicrhau y gall Traffig Cymru ateb rhai o'r problemau hyn, o ran y ffordd y maent yn rheoli digwyddiadau ar y draffordd. Mae'r Aelod yn nodi achos arbennig o drasig a ddigwyddodd ddoe. Rwy'n siŵr fod pob un ohonom yn cydymdeimlo â'r rhai a fu'n rhan o'r digwyddiad hwn. Roedd yr Aelod hefyd yn llygad ei le i dynnu sylw at y ffaith mai'r gwasanaethau brys sy'n penderfynu faint o amser sy'n ofynnol ar gyfer cyflawni'r gwaith. Serch hynny, credaf ei bod yn bwysig canolbwyntio ar wella cydnerthedd ein rhwydwaith cefnffyrdd yn gyson, ac ymateb cyn gynted â phosibl i ddigwyddiadau fel hyn. Byddaf yn cyhoeddi astudiaeth o gydnerthedd yr A55 y mis hwn, a fydd yn nodi systemau cyflawni cymharol hawdd a chymharol gyflym, gobeithio, a all wella cydnerthedd y gefnffordd honno, ac o bosibl, gellid eu defnyddio mewn mannau eraill wedyn.