English: I will speak very briefly. I wasn't a member of the committee that carried out this inquiry, and, oddly enough, there was some mockery when that competition was launched for people to send in pictures of potholes to the committee. Some doubted the seriousness of that, but it was an useful step, and what was shown in people's response was just how much this touches the lives of people wherever they are in Wales. Our roads, after all, are one of our greatest assets, worth over £13 billion, and each and every one of us in one way or another uses those roads, and each and every one of us, I would go so far as to say, have come across potholes in our roads. It was a very useful exercise, I think, in real engagement between our national Parliament and the people of Wales on an issue that was truly important to them. And there were no prizes for thinking what some of the conclusions of this inquiry would be, nor what some of the recommendations that would emerge would be, but it was very important indeed that they were noted in black and white, and I'm very pleased that we do have this report. It was no surprise to see through this report that funding is too tight within our local authorities in Wales for them, without additional support, to tackle this particular problem; it was no surprise to see that we needed a long-term funding plan, as other elements of our transport system receive; it was no surprise to see that long-term management and ensuring that this asset was maintained in the best possible condition for the longer term would be more cost-effective than responding to problems as they arise, and we have recommendations now that I hope that the Government will implement. But there's no getting away from the fact that there is a dire financial problem at the core of this situation. The annual local authority road maintenance survey, which was drawn to my attention today, suggests that local authorities in Wales had spent 40 per cent less than local authorities in England on road maintenance in 2018. That's not sustainable. I understand in my constituency that the funding available for road maintenance has almost halved in a period of around 10 years. That is not sustainable. I see one authority talking about a backlog of £50 million for road maintenance. The statistics from Swansea have again been drawn to my attention today. And a situation can deteriorate over time. I've had a case in my own constituency recently where a change in agricultural practice, heavier vehicles being used on rural roads, does exacerbate the problems and causes problems anew for rural roads, and that, in turn, leads to further costs. So, this isn't a problem that's going to go away; it's a problem that we have to take seriously. And one can't ignore the fact that, in Wales, at the moment, there are road schemes worth up to some £2 billion in the pipeline - that could happen for one scheme, and there are other significant schemes worth tens or hundreds of millions of pounds and we must safeguard the fundamental asset. We must safeguard that asset and we must put long-term spending programmes in place - five years is the suggestion made in this report, and I would agree with that - long-term funding schemes in order to ensure that our local authorities can put programmes in place in order to safeguard that asset for the longer term. And I'm very pleased that this report has been drawn up, never mind the mockery of the photography competition at its start.
Welsh: Gwnaf i siarad yn fyr iawn. Nid oeddwn i'n Aelod o'r pwyllgor a wnaeth y gwaith ymchwil yma. Yn rhyfedd, mi oedd yna rywfaint o gellwair pan gafodd y gystadleuaeth yna ei lansio i bobl anfon lluniau o dyllau mewn ffyrdd i mewn - rhai yn amau difrifoldeb hynny. Ond, wir, mi oedd o'n gam defnyddiol, a beth a ddangoswyd yn ymateb pobl oedd cymaint y mae hyn yn cyffwrdd â bywydau pobl lle bynnag y maen nhw yng Nghymru. Ein ffyrdd ni, wedi'r cyfan, ydy un o'n hasedau mwyaf ni, gwerth dros £13 biliwn, ac mae pob un ohonom ni, mewn rhyw ffordd neu'i gilydd, yn defnyddio'r ffyrdd, ac mae pob un ohonom ni - mi fentraf i ddweud - rhyw dro neu'i gilydd wedi dod ar draws twll mewn ffordd, ac mi oedd hi yn, rydw i'n meddwl, yn exercise defnyddiol iawn mewn ymgysylltiad go iawn rhwng ein Senedd genedlaethol ni a phobl Cymru ar bwnc a oedd yn wirioneddol bwysig iddyn nhw. Ac nid oedd yna ddim gwobrau, nid ydw i'n meddwl, am ddyfalu beth fyddai rhai o gasgliadau'r ymchwiliad yma, neu beth fyddai rhai o'r argymhellion a fyddai'n dod yn sgil y casgliadau hynny, ond mi oedd hi'n bwysig iawn, iawn, iawn eu bod nhw'n cael eu nodi mewn du a gwyn, ac rydw i'n falch bod yr adroddiad yma gennym ni. Nid oedd hi'n ddim syndod gweld, drwy'r adroddiad yma, fod arian yn rhy dynn ar lywodraeth leol yng Nghymru, fel y mae hi, iddyn nhw heb gymorth ychwanegol fynd i'r afael â'r broblem yma; nid oedd hi'n ddim syndod gweld bod angen cynllun cyllido hirdymor, fel mae elfennau eraill o'n rhwydwaith trafnidiaeth ni'n ei dderbyn; nid oedd hi'n ddim syndod gweld bod rheoli hirdymor a sicrhau bod yr ased yma'n cael ei gynnal a'i gadw yn y cyflwr gorau yn y hirdymor yn fwy cost effeithiol nag ymateb i broblemau fel ag y maen nhw'n codi, ac mae gennym ni argymhellion rŵan yr ydw i'n gobeithio y bydd y Llywodraeth yn gweithredu arnyn nhw. Ond nid oes dim celu'r ffaith bod yna broblem ariannol ddybryd wrth wraidd y sefyllfa yma. Mae arolwg ALARM, sydd wedi cael ei dynnu i'n sylw i heddiw, yn awgrymu bod awdurdodau lleol yng Nghymru wedi gwario 40 y cant yn llai nag awdurdodau lleol yn Lloegr ar drwsio ffyrdd yn 2018. Nid ydy hynny'n gynaliadwy. Rydw i'n deall yn fy etholaeth i fod yr arian sydd ar gael ar gyfer cynnal a chadw ffyrdd wedi bron haneru mewn cyfnod o ryw 10 mlynedd. Nid ydy hynny'n gynaliadwy. Rydw i'n gweld un awdurdod yn sôn am ôl-groniad o £50 miliwn ar gyfer trwsio ffyrdd. Mae ystadegau Abertawe eto wedi cael eu tynnu i'm sylw i heddiw. Ac mae sefyllfa'n gallu gwaethygu dros amser hefyd. Rydw i wedi cael achos yn fy etholaeth i yn ddiweddar lle mae newid mewn arferion amaethyddol, cerbydau trymach yn cael eu defnyddio ar ffyrdd gwledig, yn gwaethygu ac yn creu problemau o'r newydd ar gyfer ffyrdd gwledig, a hynny'n achosi costau ychwanegol maes o law. Felly, nid ydy hon yn broblem sy'n mynd i ffwrdd, mae'n broblem, ac mae'n rhaid inni ei chymryd hi o ddifri. All rhywun ddim anwybyddu'r ffaith bod yna, ar y gweill yng Nghymru ar hyn o bryd, gynlluniau ffyrdd gwerth hyd at, beth, £2 biliwn a allai fod yn digwydd ar gyfer un cynllun, a chynlluniau sylweddol eraill gwerth degau, cannoedd o filiynau o bunnau. Mae'n rhaid gwarchod yr ased sylfaenol. Mae'n rhaid gwarchod yr ased sylfaenol. Ac mae'n rhaid rhoi cynlluniau gwariant hirdymor - pum mlynedd ydy'r awgrym yn yr adroddiad yma, ac rydw i'n cyd-fynd â hynny - cynlluniau cyllidol hirdymor er mwyn sicrhau bod ein hawdurdodau lleol ni'n gallu rhoi rhaglenni mewn lle er mwyn gwarchod yr ased yna ar gyfer yr hirdymor. Ac rydw i'n falch iawn bod yr adroddiad yma wedi cael ei wneud, beth bynnag am y cellwair ynglŷn â'r gystadleuaeth ffotograffiaeth ar ei dechrau hi.