Welsh road building projects stopped after failing climate review

Only 15 schemes reassessed by expert roads review panel under world-leading' policy will go ahead

Dozens of road building projects across Wales have been halted or amended as part of a groundbreaking" policy that reassessed more than 50 schemes against a series of tough tests on their impact on the climate emergency.

Only 15 of the projects reviewed by an expert roads review panel will go ahead in their original form, with others scaled back, postponed or in some cases shelved.