English: Thank you for the statement and an opportunity to discuss this important issue. As you know, I represent the constituency on the mainland closest to the Menai bridge and the Britannia bridge. It's a very busy civic area, including businesses and shops, playing fields, a business park, a hotel, schools and hundreds of homes, and also this is where Ysbyty Gwynedd is. We had queues of nearly three hours just to leave the car park at the hospital, even before the cars joined the queues to cross the Britannia bridge. By now, hospital staff who live only a few miles away on Anglesey face a two-hour journey in each direction every day. So, what consideration are you giving to the specific situation that Ysbyty Gwynedd faces, in terms of the staff, the ambulance service, those who attend the clinics, and the patients and their families? I agree that the Menai bridge had to be closed for safety reasons, despite the havoc that that has caused. I can see that. And anybody sensible would be able to see that. The safety problems came to the attention of officials last Wednesday - that's what you said in your statement. I would suspect that, by now, enough time has passed in order to at least agree an alternative traffic plan, a temporary plan, for the area. When can we see the alternative traffic plan in terms of traffic flow, and, more importantly, when are we going to see that being implemented in the area? Evidently, the situation as it is at present, with people taking two hours to reach Ysbyty Gwynedd from Anglesey, is not sustainable, so we have to bring forward another plan in order to improve traffic flow in the area, and I want to know when that will happen. We, on this side of the Chamber, want to see practical solutions for the benefit of local people while the bridge is being secured, and many constituents are bringing ideas forward that sound very sensible to me - practical ideas about how to improve traffic flow in the area. Are you willing to listen to some of those ideas? We've shared a few this afternoon. Rhun ap Iorwerth and Carolyn Thomas have talked about the idea of creating three lanes on the Britannia bridge temporarily, with two open for traffic to the mainland in the morning, and two lanes open in the other direction in the evening. That sounds very sensible. If that isn't possible, can we have an explanation as to why, because many people are asking why we can't do that kind of thing? So, I would just like to have some assurance from you that you're willing to listen to such ideas. There are other ideas that are being postulated as well, in terms of doing things differently around some of the roundabouts in the area in order to improve the traffic flow temporarily. So, I hope that you are willing to listen to those ideas and appreciate the fact that we are trying to obtain solutions that will help people to reach the places they're trying to get to more quickly than they're able to at present.
Welsh: Diolch am y datganiad a chyfle i drafod y mater pwysig yma. Fel rydych chi'n gwybod, dwi'n cynrychioli'r etholaeth ar y tir mawr sydd agosaf at bont Menai a phont Britannia. Mae hi'n ardal ddinesig brysur iawn, yn cynnwys busnesau a siopau, meysydd chwarae, parc busnes, gwesty, ysgolion a channoedd o dai, a hefyd, dyma lle mae Ysbyty Gwynedd. Fe gafwyd ciwiau o bron i dair awr jest i adael maes parcio'r ysbyty, a hyd yn oed cyn i'r ceir ymuno â'r ciw i groesi pont Britannia. Erbyn hyn, mae staff yr ysbyty sy'n byw ond ychydig filltiroedd i ffwrdd ar Ynys Môn yn wynebu dwy awr o siwrnai bob ffordd bob diwrnod, felly pa ystyriaeth ydych chi wedi ei rhoi i sefyllfa benodol Ysbyty Gwynedd o safbwynt y staff, y gwasanaeth ambiwlans, y rhai sy'n mynychu clinigau, a'r cleifion a'u teuluoedd? Dwi yn cytuno: mi oedd yn rhaid cau pont Menai am resymau diogelwch er gwaethaf yr hafoc mae hynny wedi ei greu. Dwi yn gallu gweld hynny. Mi fyddai unrhyw un synhwyrol yn gallu gweld hynny. Mi ddaeth y problemau diogelwch i sylw'r swyddogion ddydd Mercher diwethaf - dyna rydych chi'n ei ddweud yn eich datganiad. Mi fyddwn i yn tybio erbyn hyn fod yna ddigon o amser wedi pasio er mwyn cytuno o leiaf ar gynllun traffig amgen dros dro ar gyfer yr ardal. Pryd ydyn ni am weld y cynllun traffig amgen yma o ran y llif traffig, ac yn bwysicach, pryd ydyn ni'n mynd i weld hwnnw'n cael ei roi ar waith yn yr ardal? Yn amlwg, dydy'r sefyllfa fel y mae hi ar hyn o bryd, efo pobl yn cymryd dwy awr i gyrraedd Ysbyty Gwynedd o Ynys Môn, jest ddim yn gynaliadwy, felly mae'n rhaid dod â chynllun arall ymlaen i wella'r llif traffig yn yr ardal, a dwi eisiau gwybod pryd fydd hynny'n digwydd. Rydyn ni ar yr ochr yma o'r Siambr am weld datrysiadau ymarferol er budd pobl leol tra bod y bont yn cael ei diogelu, ac mae yna lot o etholwyr yn dod ymlaen efo syniadau sydd yn swnio'n synhwyrol i mi - rhai ymarferol am sut i wella'r llif traffig yn yr ardal. Ydych chi'n barod i wrando ar rai o'r syniadau rheini? Rydyn ni wedi rhannu ambell un yma y prynhawn yma. Mae Rhun ap Iorwerth a Carolyn Thomas wedi sôn am y syniad yma o greu tair lôn ar bont Britannia dros dro, efo dwy ar agor i gludo'r traffig i'r tir mawr yn y bore, a dwy i gludo traffig yn ôl i Fôn gyda'r nos - rhywbeth sydd yn swnio'n synhwyrol. Os nad ydy hynny'n bosib, oes modd cael esboniad, achos mae lot o bobl yn gofyn pan nad ydyn ni ddim yn gallu gwneud y math yna o beth? Felly, fe fyddwn ni jest eisiau cael sicrwydd gennych chi eich bod chi yn barod i wrando ar syniadau fel hwnna. Mae yna rai eraill hefyd yn cael eu crybwyll o gwmpas gwneud rhywbeth yn wahanol o gwmpas rhai o'r rowndabowts yn yr ardal er mwyn gwella'r llif dros dro. Felly, gobeithio eich bod chi yn fodlon gwrando ar y syniadau yna ac yn gwerthfawrogi ein bod ni yn troi helpu i gael datrysiad sydd yn mynd i helpu pobl i gyrraedd i lle maen nhw'n trio mynd yn gynt nag y maen nhw ar hyn o bryd.