The Circuit of Wales project has reached a critical point, with the next 24 hours being key to whether the ambitious project in South Wales will go ahead or not. The crunch comes from the imminent closure of the Welsh Assembly ahead of May’s elections – and with no public funding yet committed to the project, there is now a deadline of Thursday for the money to be granted. Local media are reporting that the delay comes in the face of legal advice received by the devolved government on whether the project counts as a race circuit or as a larger regional regeneration scheme. There has been fierce opposition to the project receiving public funding from the bosses of other circuits, with...
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