South East Wales Transport Alliance (Sewta) was a consortium established by the 10 local authorities in South East Wales to promote and develop transport strategies and projects in the region. Founded on 1 April 2003, Sewta worked in close liaison with partners representing public transport operators. Sewta was stood down on 19 September 2014.

Members

The members of Sewta were:

• Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

• Bridgend County Borough Council

• Caerphilly County Borough Council

• Cardiff County Council

• Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

• Monmouthshire County Council

• Newport City Council

• Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

• Torfaen County Borough Council

• Vale of Glamorgan Council

Partners

The local authorities worked in partnership with:

• Sustrans

• Passenger Focus

• Arriva Trains Wales

• First Great Western

• Network Rail

• Bus Users UK

• Confederation of Passenger Transport

Role and Aims

The main functions of Sewta were to:

• prepare regional transportation strategies, plans and programmes

• apply for external funding to carry out those programmes

• act for the Councils in respect of programme actions resourced through that funding

• respond to consultation documents having a regional dimension

• advise the Councils on transportation issues.

Sewta did not have a responsibility for highway and road safety issues, nor did Sewta own or operate buses and trains.

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