{"id":5983,"date":"2016-10-18T19:36:56","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T18:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbc.org.uk\/events\/?p=5983"},"modified":"2016-10-18T19:36:56","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T18:36:56","slug":"priorities-for-the-future-of-infrastructure-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/?p=5983","title":{"rendered":"Priorities for the future of infrastructure in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>8 March 2017\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Cardiff<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This seminar comes at a critical time in the development of Wales\u2019 infrastructure, with the a number of major projects either in development or being proposed including: the <a href=\"http:\/\/gov.wales\/topics\/transport\/public\/metro\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">South Wales Metro<\/a>, \u2018North Wales Metro\u2019, <a href=\"http:\/\/gov.wales\/topics\/housing-and-regeneration\/regeneration\/vibrant-and-viable-places\/regeneration-areas\/swansea\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Swansea city centre<\/a> regeneration, Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon, <a href=\"http:\/\/gov.wales\/topics\/housing-and-regeneration\/regeneration\/vibrant-and-viable-places\/regeneration-areas\/swansea\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Wylfa Newydd<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/gov.wales\/about\/cabinet\/cabinetstatements\/2016-new\/m4\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">M4 relief road<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is also scheduled during significant uncertainty over the effects of Brexit on the development and finance of infrastructure projects in Wales and comes as the Welsh Government looks to make best use of the new borrowing powers contained in the Wales Bill.<\/p>\n<p>Sessions will focus on public finance for infrastructure after Brexit, attracting private investment, the role of infrastructure in urban regeneration, and ways the new Welsh planning system can be used to support the development of infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The conference will bring together policymakers from both the Welsh and UK Governments, National Assembly for Wales and regulatory bodies along with key stakeholders and interest groups including engineering firms, infrastructure providers, planning lawyers, community groups, local authorities, charities and academics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.policyforumforwales.co.uk\/forums\/event.php?eid=1406&amp;t=20079\">See agenda and book your place here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 March 2017\u00a0 Cardiff This seminar comes at a critical time in the development of Wales\u2019 infrastructure, with the a number of major projects either in development or being proposed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/?p=5983\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Priorities for the future of infrastructure in Wales<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-event","category-ihbc-areas-of-competence-intervention"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5984,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5983\/revisions\/5984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/events2600.live-website.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}