Rather than looking to live on the fringes on the two English regions, should Wales as a country be looking to have full economic linkage between the south and the north.
I thought that was what the Welsh Government were trying to do with the oft criticised North Wales Cardiff service.
Rail was discounted by our visitors, flying discounted for being too expensive, and the idea of a motorway was mooted - perhaps coming from personal experience as the drive from Holyhead to Cardiff hadn't turned out to be quite as quick or easy as they had anticipated.
Trying to engineer a 3 lane motorway through mid Wales would be, to say the least, highly challenging.
Even if the Carmarthen to Aberystwyth line were reopened and improved to a good line speed, the section from Dovey Junction to Pwllheli will always be slow though a faster route could probably be found from their to Caernarfon. However what is really required is a Llandudno Junction Aberystwyth Swansea line with some decent line speeds.
We must also remember that Wrexham is a major population centre in North Wales so that needs to be linked in as well. The current rout is starting to look not too bad for the price. Perhaps some more money spent on capacity and line speed improvements there would be more cost effective.
