English: Thank you for your statement, Cabinet Secretary, although I must say I don't welcome the statement and the decision to go with the red route. I appreciate it's been a difficult decision and, yes, it's very, very true that congestion at Queensferry is absolutely appalling. I used to have to commute through that interchange every day, and I know from personal experience it's an absolute nightmare. But I don't know that carving a new road across green space between Oakenholt and Kelsterton is the right way to go. It seems to me that the blue route was the better option. I appreciate that it would have caused a lot of disturbance in the Deeside area while it was under construction, but what concerns me about the red route is that, effectively, you're just moving the bottleneck further west. The problem we've got at Queensferry right now is that, effectively, you have four lanes narrowing into two, all of these different junctions coming off it, and, yes, okay, we won't have the additional junction problem at the end of the red route, but you are still going to have four lanes of traffic combining into two lanes, which is going to create a bottleneck. So, I really don't think that the red route is going to solve a lot of problems. I think it's just going to move the problem further west to between Northop and Holywell. Another thing that concerns me about the decision to adopt the red route is that, at the moment, that area that the new road is going to travel across - that's currently a green zone; it's currently a buffer zone between the settlements of Flint and Bagillt and Kelsterton, Connah's Quay, and that conurbation in the north-east corner of north Wales. It concerns me that, with this construction of a new road, there will be encouragement to remove that green barrier entirely and, eventually, we'll end up with a conurbation from Flint to Queensferry. Can you assure the people of Flint and Oakenholt, and round those areas, and Northop, that their environment is not going to become subsumed, eventually, into a conurbation? What are you going to do to protect that green space? Another thing that worries me is that - . I'm all for co-operating with the north-west, I'm all for improving links, but we do have to be careful in north Wales because, at the moment, were already starting to become a dormitory for the north-west. I would like to hear what measures you're going to introduce in the future to make sure that north Wales doesn't become a dormitory for the north-west and the west midlands, courtesy of this new route and these improvements. I'm not criticising improving the road system or the metro or the rail network. What I want to know is: have you considered the long-term consequences? How are you going to stop north Wales being turned into a dormitory? How are you going to stop the A55 corridor from becoming a dormitory for England? Okay, moving on to the consultation, you mentioned before that, you know, it's gone out to consultation. That consultation period was eight weeks long. To what extent did you publicise that consultation? How many local people knew about the consultation in sufficient time to be able to respond adequately to it? And how many respondents did you actually get, and who were they? Finally, you've mentioned £5.5 million that you've invested in the Northern Gateway. I'd be interested to learn how many jobs this money has generated and what sort of jobs they are. Are they higher paid jobs or low paid, and are they full time or part time? Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch ichi am eich datganiad, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet, er y mae'n rhaid imi ddweud nad wyf yn croesawu'r datganiad a'r penderfyniad i ddewis y llwybr coch. Rwy'n gwerthfawrogi y bu'n benderfyniad anodd ac, ydy, mae'n berffaith wir bod tagfeydd yn y Fferi Isaf yn ofnadwy. Roedd yn rhaid i mi gymudo drwy'r gyfnewidfa bob dydd ar un adeg, ac fe wn i o brofiad personol ei fod yn gwbl hunllefus. Ond nid wyf yn siŵr mai adeiladu ffordd newydd ar draws mannau glas rhwng Oakenholt a Kelsterton yw'r ffordd gywir ymlaen. Ymddengys i mi y byddai'r llwybr glas yn ddewis gwell. Rwy'n gwybod y byddai wedi achosi llawer o aflonyddwch yn ardal Glannau Dyfrdwy tra ei fod yn cael ei adeiladu, ond yr hyn sy'n fy mhryderu i am y llwybr coch yw, nad ydy'ch chi mewn gwirionedd yn gwneud dim mwy na symud y dagfa ymhellach i'r gorllewin. Y broblem sydd gennym ni yn y Fferi Isaf ar hyn o bryd, i bob pwrpas, yw bod gennych chi bedair lôn sy'n culhau i ddwy, yr holl gyffyrdd gwahanol yn arwain oddi arnynt, ac, na fydd, o'r gorau, ni fydd gennym ni'r broblem o gyffyrdd ychwanegol ar ddiwedd y llwybr coch, ond bydd gennych chi yr un broblem o bedair lôn traffig sy'n cyfuno i ddwy, a fydd yn creu tagfa. Felly, nid wyf i wir yn credu bod y llwybr coch yn mynd i ddatrys llawer o broblemau. Rwy'n credu ei fod yn mynd i symud y broblem ymhellach i'r gorllewin i rhwng Llaneurgain a Threffynnon. Un peth arall sy'n peri pryder imi am y penderfyniad i fabwysiadu'r llwybr coch yw, ar hyn o bryd, bod yr ardal honno y bydd y ffordd newydd yn teithio ar ei thraws - sy'n barth gwyrdd ar hyn o bryd; mae'n glustog ar hyn o bryd rhwng aneddiadau Fflint a Bagillt a Kelsterton, Cei Conna, a'r cyffiniau hynny yng nghornel gogledd-ddwyreiniol gogledd Cymru. Mae'n peri pryder imi, wrth adeiladu ffordd newydd, y bydd anogaeth i gael gwared â'r rhwystr gwyrdd hwnnw yn gyfan gwbl ac, yn y pen draw, yr hyn fydd gennym ni yw cytref o'r Fflint i'r Fferi Isaf. A allwch chi sicrhau pobl y Fflint ac Oakenholt, a thrigolion yr ardaloedd cyfagos, a Llaneurgain, na chaiff eu hamgylchfyd ei droi, yn y pen draw, i gytref? Beth ydych chi'n mynd i'w wneud i amddiffyn y mannau gwyrdd hynny? Peth arall sy'n peri pryder i mi yw - . Rwy'n gwbl gefnogol i gydweithio gyda gogledd-orllewin Lloegr, rwy'n gwbl gefnogol i wella cysylltiadau, ond mae'n rhaid i ni fod yn ofalus yng ngogledd Cymru oherwydd, ar hyn o bryd , rydym ni eisoes yn dechrau dod yn llety dros nos i ogledd-orllewin Lloegr. Hoffwn glywed pa fesurau y byddwch chi'n eu cyflwyno yn y dyfodol i wneud yn siŵr nad yw gogledd Cymru yn dod yn llety dros nos i ogledd-orllewin a gorllewin canolbarth Lloegr, oherwydd y llwybr newydd hwn a'r gwelliannau hyn. Nid wyf yn beirniadu gwella'r system ffyrdd na'r metro na'r rhwydwaith rheilffyrdd. Yr hyn yr hoffwn i gael gwybod yw: a ydych chi wedi ystyried y canlyniadau hirdymor? Sut ydych chi'n mynd i rwystro gogledd Cymru rhag cael ei droi yn llety dros nos? Sut ydych chi'n mynd i rwystro coridor yr A55 rhag dod yn llety dros nos i Loegr? Iawn, gan symud ymlaen i'r ymgynghoriad, y soniasoch chi amdano cyn hynny, wyddoch chi, bu cyfnod o ymgynghori yn ei gylch. Roedd y cyfnod ymgynghori hwnnw yn wyth wythnos o hyd. I ba raddau y gwnaethoch chi roi cyhoeddusrwydd i'r ymgynghoriad hwnnw? Faint o bobl leol oedd yn gwybod am yr ymgynghoriad mewn da bryd i allu ymateb yn ddigonol iddo? A faint o ymatebion a gawsoch chi, a phwy oedden nhw? Yn olaf, rydych chi wedi crybwyll £5.5 miliwn yr ydych chi wedi'i fuddsoddi ym Mhorth y Gogledd. Byddai gennyf ddiddordeb mewn cael gwybod faint o swyddi mae'r arian hwn wedi eu creu a pha fath o swyddi ydyn nhw. A ydyn nhw'n swyddi ar gyflog mwy neu'n rhai lle mae'r cyflog yn fach, ac a ydyn nhw'n llawn amser neu'n rhan-amser? Diolch.