With the Principality Cardiff Half Marathon taking place on Sunday, October 6th, the city is expected to be exceptionally busy, so residents and visitors are advised to plan and leave plenty of time for their journey.
On
Wednesday October 2nd the following road closures will be put in
place at the Civic Centre to set up and dismantle the race village for the
event.
From 5am
on Wednesday, October 2nd until just before midnight on Monday
October 7thCollege
Road will be closed from the junction with Museum Avenue to the junction with
King Edward VII Avenue (Vehicle access to private parking and deliveries will
be maintained until 9am on Saturday, October 5th).
From 5am
on Thursday October 3rd until just before midnight on Monday October
7th - Edward VII Avenue will
be closed to the junction with Boulevard de Nantes and to the junction with
City Hall Road.
From 5am
on Friday October 4th until just before midnight on Saturday October
5th the following roads will be closed:
· King
Edward VII (Junction with Boulevard de Nantes to the junction with City Hall
Road, and from the junction with Corbett Road to the junction with City Hall
Road)
· Museum
Avenue from the closed end with Corbett Road to the junction with Gorsedd
Gardens Road
· Gorsedd
Gardens Road, from the junction with Park Place to the junction with Museum
Avenue
· City
Hall Road from the junction with Museum Avenue to its junction with North Road.
Access
will be permitted for private parking and deliveries until 9.00 a.m. Saturday
October 5th - Access for emergency services will be permitted from
North Road when the event takes place.
Between
6.00am and 10.45am on Sunday 6th October the following road will be closed: North Road from its
junction with Colum Road to its junction with Boulevard de Nantes (access to
Blackweir via Park Place/Corbett Road, northbound up North Road).
Between
4am and 12 noon on Sunday, October 6th the following roads will be
closed:
· North
Road south of the junction with Boulevard de Nantes to the junction with the
A4161
· The
A4161 from the junction with North Road to its junction with Kingsway,
· Kingsway
from the junction with the A4161 to the junction with Duke Street
· Duke
Street and Castle Street
· Cowbridge
Road East from the junction with Castle Street to the junction with Cathedral
Road.
Between
10am and 3.10pm on Sunday October 6th, the following roads will be
closed:
· Colum
Road
· Park
Place from the junction with St Andrews Place to the junction with Colum Road.
Access
arrangements while the security measures are put in place for the event.
Access
only into Beatty Avenue from the junction with Lake Road North (including
Jellicoe Gardens, Keyes Avenue and Tyrwhitt Crescent)
Access to
and from Queen Anne Square will be managed North Road / Corbett Road.
Lady Mary
Road from the junction with Maryport Road to the junction with Lake Road East.
On Sunday,
October 6th, there will be a rolling road closure from 8.30am until
3.10pm to facilitate the route on the following roads:
· Cowbridge
Road East from the junction with Cathedral Road to the junction with Neville
Street
·
Wellington Street, Leckwith Road and Sloper Road
· Penarth
Road, Cardiff Bay Barrage, Harbour Drive and Roald Dahl Plas
· Britannia
Quay, Pierhead Street, Bute Place, Lloyd George Avenue
· Herbert
Street, Tyndall Street, East Tyndall Street and Windsor Road
· Adam
Street, Fitzalan Place going across Newport Road
· West
Grove, Richmond Road and Albany Road
·
Marlborough Road, Blenheim Road, Pen-Y-Lan Road and Ninian Road
· Fairoak
Road, Lake Road East and Lake Road West - access to Cathay's cemetery will be
facilitated via Allensbank Road up until Fairoak Road opens, when access will
be re-opened via the main entrance.
· Fairoak
Road, Cathays Terrace, Corbett Road and Museum Avenue.
Please
note – During the road
closure times between 8.30am and 3.10pm on October 6th, access will
be maintained for residents and businesses living or working on Lloyd George
Avenue and Schooner Way.
Residents and businesses along Schooner Way and Lloyd George Avenue will need to follow the diversion plan and travel via Celerity Drive & Craiglee Drive.
During the road closure times, traffic movement will be facilitated by on-site staff, with vehicles being allowed access from Letton Way, Lloyd George Avenue and onto Hemingway Road and vice versa.
Outside
of the marathon closure times, motorists can use routes via Tyndall Street and
Lloyd George Avenue.
If the
route is completed earlier, then these roads will be open before 3.10pm.
The bus
gate on Westgate Street will be suspended for the duration of this event from
8.30am until 3.10pm on Sunday October 6th.