The North-South air link between Cardiff and Anglesey was grounded today.  Commonly known as Ieuan Air the service has been subsidised to the tune of £800k per year by the department of Economy and Transport under the leadership of Deputy First Minister and leader of Plaid Cymru, Ieuan Wyn Jones AM.

His ability to read Business Plans appears to be less than robust.  For many families in the Aberconwy Constituency and the community of Dolgarrog this announcement today is another slap in the face from this failed Plaid / Labour administration.  Ieuan Wyn Jones refused an application for financial support from the management at Dolgarrog due to ‘weaknesses in the Business Plan’ and yet the same Ieuan Wyn Jones defended the funding of this so called ‘vital’ service when he came to Llanrwst for an edition of 'Pawb a'i Farn'.  With a subsidy demand of £800k per year I wonder how robust the Business Plan would have been?

Meanwhile the Dolgarrog site stands empty with a tourism village now one of the preferred options for re-development.  The Plaid Cymru MP for Dolgarrog, Elfyn Llwyd, remains consistently silent on the issue whilst Gareth Jones, the Plaid Cymru AM for the area has completely failed to back-up his promises that there would be jobs created at the site.  Plaid and Labour, the marriage of convenience down in Cardiff Bay, have completely failed the residents of Dolgarrog and the economy of the Conwy Valley.       

Guto

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