South East Wales Transport Alliance

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.