The Welsh Government has spent more than £10m on land during its plans for the M4 relief road.
On Tuesday, First Minister Mark Drakeford said that the road would not be going ahead, and it was back to the drawing board.
In the last six years alone, £114m has been spent preparing for it.
A commission has been set up , and all the options that were discussed in the year-long public inquiry were put back on the table.
It has now been revealed exactly how that money was spent.
The money includes designing the road, the public inquiry, environmental studies and public meetings.
- In total, £80m was spent on "technical and procedural work"
- Another £1.2m on "design and preparation costs"
- £5.4m on contractual work
- £15m on the public inquiry/legal costs
- £10m on land
During the public inquiry, a document listing all the properties the Welsh Government bought and still owns and properties sold was released.
It lists many bought under a "statutory blight notice".
In planning law, blight notice is something served on an authority (Welsh Government) which is proposing a development indicating the owner has been attempting to sell the property with no success and requiring the authority to purchase it because its value has been affected by the plan.
Many of those still owned are now worth considerably more than the amount the Welsh Government paid for them.
Earlier this week, Mr Drakeford told the Senedd: "The land which is now in the ownership of Welsh Government forms part of the public assets here in Wales. When they are realised that money will return to the public purse."
Of the properties we are able to compare, using housing site Zoopla.The Welsh Government paid £4,394,514.11, and the current combined value is £5,920,000.
Properties still owned by the Welsh Government
Longhouse Farm, Coedkernew
Bought for £720,000 in November 2006
Land at the Stud Farm, Coedkernew
Bought for £315,000 in January 2000
Undy House, Undy, Magor
Bought for £660,000 in August 2007
Grade II listed - Woodland House, Magor
Bought for £1.1m in October 2006. Now valued at £1.3m.
Old Cottage, Knollbury, Magor
Bought for £130,000 in March 1995. Now valued at £517,000.
Horseshoe Cottage, Knollbury, Magor
Bought for £132,500 in August 1997. Currently at £465,000.
Barecroft House, Barecroft Common, Magor
Bought for £158,500 in May 1996. Now valued at £376,000.
Cae-Glas, Nash Road, Newport
Bought for £300,000 in December 2006, now valued at £372,000.
Greenfield House, Nash Road, Newport
Bought for £300,000 in March 2007. Now valued at £372,000.
The Conifers, Coedkernew
Bought for £725,000 in April 2015. Value unknown.
San Remo, Coedkernew
Bought for £350,000 in April 2016. Now valued at £405,000.
Moorland View, Coedkernew
Bought for £540,000 in September 2016. Now valued at £593,000.
Spring Cottage, Coedkernew
Bought for £391,514.11 in June 2016. Now valued at £319,000.
The Glen, Coedkernew
Bought for £430,000 in October 2015. Now valued at £499,000.
White Cottage, Coedkernew
Bought for £555,000 in December 2015. Now valued at £640,000.
Dunline (formerly The Cedars) Knollbury
Bought for £365,000 in March 2017
Properties sold on by Welsh Government
Lower Lakes Farm, Newport
Bought for £170,000 in January 1995, sold at a loss (£135,000) in January 1997
Ysgubor Newydd, Coedkernew
Bought for £220,000 in September 1996, sold for £361,000 in March 2004
Moorbarn, Nash
Bought for £192,500, sold for £167,000 (a loss) in July 1997
The Maerdy, Coedkernew
Bought for £680,000 in April 2003, sold for less (£605,000) in November 2011.
Rose Cottage, Knollbury
In May 2010, bought for £360,000, sold for £115,265 less in July 2011.
The Stud Farm, Coedkernew
Bought for £315,000 in January. Sold for £450,000 in March 2003.
