Chris Sutton

Property, economy... and explorer on two wheels. Sutton Consulting Ltd est. 2019. [email protected]

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

Induced demand 🤔 … since the M4 Corridor Around Newport was built in the late 1960s the population of both Newport & Cardiff have nearly doubled in size AND Newport remains a designated growth zone in WG’s National Dev Framework

[Mark Barry www.southwalesmetro.org #cardiffmetro @swalesmetroprof]

The current M4 debate is ill informed & politically compromised No reference to wider data re induced demand or the facts that i) every major urban motorway in UK suffers peak time congestion ii) any sensible mitigation has to include more PT & pricing
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[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@Cardiff_Airport A bit before my time but I’m assured this photo was taken at Cardiff Airport. The van was from the forerunner of AB Electronics who are still operating in Abercynon

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@DanOakesBP Metro financed through £738m in Cardiff City Deal, a standalone financial instrument.

A465 upgrade was in sections. Dowlais - Brynmawr completed 2015 and Clydach Gorge scheduled by 2017 but delayed. Only sections 5&6 Dowlais - Hirwaun placed after 2019 M4 cancellation

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@NationCymru Strange take, South Wales didn’t exactly get the attention it deserved either. That was the point of this week’s announcement, to review projects pan-Wales that were cancelled due to ideology

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@YoungmanMj @Baaa_bara @ceritheviking OK. Thought it might have been ‘air quality’ (rapid adoption of EVs may have an impact soon on those stretches)

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@Baaa_bara @ceritheviking Fair point. Raglan to Abergavenny doesn’t though

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@ceritheviking Northern end of Bargoed dying a slow death, but there’s still an incredible number of shops in the town … 176 by my count (2023)

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@HuwThomasMS Either education or employment, the Council will need to relocate the next door neighbour

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@aepixfieth @NLprogs @NonLeagueCrowd @chrisshingler1 @ArcherJamesy @_forgottenfooty @ForgottenClubs @ifor_roberts @NWSportDave @jslovechild @GRPlusUK An extract from father-in-law’s obituary (2017) regarding the 55th RA

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@BBCNewsnight I like Mehreen’s reporting. Just to put it out there in the face of these comments.

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@ceritheviking … & 3 historic reports by Business Rates Task & Finish group for WG under Prof Brian Morgan (2012-15) inc. the thorny issue of 80% charity shop relief & a further 2025 review of reliefs (Alma Economics)

Don’t forget Uk wide Portas & Grimsey as well

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@Joe___Allen … & legislated for by Planning (Wales) Act 2015, therefore its 16 or 17 year assuming they are delivered by 2031/32 … which is by no means certain

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@ceritheviking Is there gold buried precisely where Landsker crosses Dangler??

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@ceritheviking I once acted for Landsker Developments … guess where the MD was from 😃

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@BBCSport Athlete of the Games.

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@NationCymru Good riddance to an obsolete car park that smells of wee and could best accommodate an old style Mini. Well done RCT.

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@Joe___Allen @ceritheviking Cathays Park needs to be rethought. City Hall closed for repairs, Cardiff Uni probably prefer the efficiency of their steel & glass buildings on Maindy Rd, WG rattling around in CP2, Police looked at relocating a decade ago … Crown Court seem to be happy though!

[Chris Sutton @SuttonCardiff]

@ceritheviking The Blue Route has gone the other way. Now down to just 30mph speed limit by Newport Docks.