Is the First Minister planning to scrap the relief road?M

There must be strong  speculation that the Welsh Labour Government is about to abandon the  proposed M4 relief road, 

 Llanelli AM and M4 critic Lee Waters is now deputy transport minister but  curiously won't be part of shaping the Welsh Government's decision on the M4 relief road, which raises the question why did he accept the  position?
 
The Wasting Mule reports that ...

.....He's been an outspoken critic of the proposed M4 relief road, so you could rrforgive the excitement amongst those who oppose its creation that Lee Waters being added to the cabinet was a sign of the new Government policy.

But, Mr Waters has confirmed he will not be involved in the decision about the relief road, and that lies solely with First Minister Mark Drakeford.

Mr Waters, AM for Llanelli, has been a vocal critic of the scheme.
He has said that during the discussion about him becoming deputy minister for economy and transport it was made clear he will not have a say about whether the scheme should go ahead.
Speaking the day after Mr Drakeford announced his new cabinet, Mr Waters said the pair had discussed his stance.

"When I was offered the post, we both agreed that it would inappropriate for me to be involved in the decision around the M4," Mr Waters said.

Mr Drakeford as First Minister will make the final decision. Carwyn Jones has said he hoped to make it before he stood down in December, but it will now fall to Mr Drakeford.
When asked during his campaign for Welsh Labour leader whether he would back the black route, he replied: "Don't know".
In response to a question from Wales Online, Mr Drakeford said he could not discuss his position publicly while in Carwyn Jones' cabinet.

"The debate on the M4 relief road has predominantly been focused on two issues – the predicted impact on the environment and the predicted benefits for the economy. This follows a far too common pattern which frames the future of our planet and the strength of our economy in competition with one another.
"As First Minister, I would seek to end that pattern and move towards an approach in which environmental and economic wellbeing are closely aligned, in accordance with the provisions of the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act.
"Any major decision on a devolved matter such as this must be taken here in Wales and not dictated to us by anyone else."

Friends of the Earth have  claimed that the road would cause great damage to local wildlife habitats as it was planned to pass through the Caldicot and Wentloog Levels, an area of natural wetlands. They also raised concerns about the large sum of public money that would have been used to fund the project, claiming that it could be better spent improving the local railway network.^[2] After the July 2014 announcement that the scheme would go ahead, Gareth Clubb of Friends of the Earth Cymru called the proposal "utterly unnecessary and terribly damaging".^[15] The Campaign Against the Levels Motorway (CALM) claimed that the proposed motorway would ruin a historic landscape and increase carbon emissions.^[16]

Associated British Ports, who operate Newport Docks, said that the 2014 plans could jeopardise future investment in the area. Matthew Kennerley of ABP said: "We don't think it's a great idea to put the new route through the centre of Wales' most important general cargo port. We believe there is an alternative route...slightly further north...[which] would still have an impact on the port but to a much lesser extent because it would not be bisecting very important quayside areas."

Most of the people opposed to the Black Route say the Welsh Government should instead consider the Blue Route, proposed by transport expert Prof Stuart Cole of University of South Wales. This would run further north than any of the other three routes and use the A48 Southern Distributor Road and the Steelworks Road, converting it to a four-lane dual carriageway.

Am I wrong in thinking Mr Drakeford is going to announce the abandonment of the proposed relief road and that Mr Waters appointment clearly points to it.

After all if Mr Waters is an honourable man, he would surely resign if the plan was confirmed making his tenure in office almost over before it started.

It could be that Mr Drakeford , will  use  the decision to stamp his individual authority  on the Assembly and indicate he his going to take the Welsh Government on a different path , than his predecessors  and this is just the sort of symbolic act to ensure it.

Of  course the question is is he going to seek another route like the "Blue route" or abandon the project altogether.

Maybe the First Minister will set aside the budget for another  project such as reopening the Carmarthen- Aberystwyth railway line.

It would be a remarkable start to what outsiders believed was  what appeared to be a rather Grey term of office.