Criticism for hangar handling.A REPORT published today criticises the Welsh Government for how it handled a project to build an aircraft hangar at St Athan St Athan (Welsh: Sain Tathan) is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan in south east Wales. The English name is a corruption of the Welsh female saint Tathan, described by Iolo Morgannwg as the daughter of the King of Gwent. . According to the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly for Wales, there was a failure to collaborate sufficiently and in gathering crucial information during the planning of the multi-million pound Red Dragon Project at the St Athan Defence Aviation Repair Agency site. The inquiry found the attitudes of the authorities involved, including the Welsh Development Agency The Welsh Development Agency (WDA) was an Assembly Sponsored Public Body (ASPB) established in 1976 to encourage business development and investment in Wales. These responsibilities have since been devolved to the Welsh Assembly Government's Department of Economy and Transport. , were inconsistent. Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Jonathan Morgan AM, said: "This is an excellent example of how public sector bodies should not work together. "While we accept that the basic concept and potential benefits to come from the Red Dragon Project at St Athan were sound, the committee is concerned at the way the Welsh Government, WDA WDA Wireless Digital Assistant WDA Workforce Development Area WDA Welsh Development Agency (UK government) WDA Workforce Development Agency (Singapore) WDA Wildlife Disease Association and Ministry of Defence worked the details out." The original plan was to spend pounds 134m building a state-of-the-art super-hangar at the airfield for fast jet repairs. But the project faltered when the Ministry of Defence pulled out and closed the site. |
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