South Wales Metro Phase 2 Interim and Final Evaluation
Transport for Wales’ South Wales Metro Phase 2 (SWMP2) project is funded by the Welsh Government, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Department for Transport (UK Government) and the Cardiff Capital Region local authorities. Further detail on the SWMP2 project is provided in Chapter 2 of both the interim and final evaluation reports.
The conditions of the ERDF grant funding require an evaluation of the nine ERDF-funded operations under SWMP2 to be undertaken.
In late 2020, the Welsh Government commissioned Stantec UK Ltd, in partnership with Loxley Consultancy and Beaufort Research to undertake the evaluation of SWMP2. This contract was subsequently novated to Transport for Wales as the ‘lead beneficiary’ of the ERDF funding.
These evaluations were relatively focused exercises concentrated largely on confirming completion of the agreed project deliverables set out in each of the nine operations within SWMP2 and identifying their impact on connectivity.
The evaluation was split into two phases:
Interim evaluation
A pre-opening baselining stage in which all of the necessary baseline data against the nine ERDF-funded operations within SWMP2 can be evaluated are collated and assessed. This stage includes both an interim process and Cross Cutting Themes (CCT) evaluation.
- South Wales Metro Phase 2 Evaluation Interim Report
- Logic Maps
- South Wales Metro Phase 2 Evaluation - Baseline data
- South Wales Metro Phase 2 Evaluation - Counterfactual data
Final evaluation
The final evaluation report looked at how the outputs of the ERDF-funded works and set the framework to facilitate the evaluation of the longer-term outcomes and impacts of SWMP2. This report includes the final process and CCT evaluation.
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