Cardiff Council Update: 07 October 2022

Here's your Friday update, covering: additional road closures for the supercross at the Principality Stadium tomorrow; the latest on Grangemoor Park; and the first organisations to complete the Cardiff Healthy Travel Charter have been announced.

Updated road closures for Supercross at Principality Stadium tomorrow, 8^thOctober

With the first round of the FIM Supercross Championships taking place at Principality Stadium on October 8th, from 2pm, Westgate Street, Wood Street and Lower St Mary Street will be closed to motor vehicles, with Wood Street re-opening at 10pm, but Lower St Mary Street remaining closed for the night-time economy.

Road closures

With the gates of the Principality Stadium opening at 3.30pm for the event and the event scheduled to finish at 9pm, Westgate Street, Wood Street, St Mary Street, Tudor Street and Despenser Street (allowing access only) will be closed in its entirety between 2pm and 10pm.

Access to the Civic Centre will be controlled throughout the day, with access allowed only for event parking; limited commuter parking, loading and access to private car parks.

Roads affected include King Edward VII Avenue, Museum Avenue, City Hall Road, College Road and Gorsedd Gardens Road.

Grangemoor Park update

Grangemoor Park is scheduled to re-open to the public on the week commencing December 19th.

The area was closed to the public to enable safety work to be carried out on the former landfill site that sits underneath Grangemoor Park.

The existing pathways and access to the park have also been upgraded for park users and to ensure that the critical infrastructure on site can now be easily accessed and maintained by the council.

Due to the nesting season some of the planned works had to be delayed this year, but this work is now progressing well, and the park should be re-opened by Christmas. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank the public for their patience

Natural Resources Wales and specialist consultants are working with the council throughput the project to ensure all relevant environmental legislation is followed.

First organisations to complete the Cardiff Healthy Travel Charter announced

The first seven organisations to complete the actions in the Cardiff Healthy Travel Charter were announced at an event in City Hall, Cardiff on Wednesday 6 October.

The organisations were congratulated on successfully putting into place the 14 commitments which support their staff and visitors to walk, cycle and take public transport, despite all the challenges faced over the last 3 years.

The Cardiff Healthy Travel Charter was launched in 2019. By supporting staff to travel more sustainably, signatory organisations are helping to improve staff health and well-being, reduce air pollution, and cut carbon emissions.

Travelling sustainably is also often cheaper than using a car, so can be an extra help during the current cost-of-living crisis.

The Charter sits alongside a series of other interventions being put into place in Cardiff to make healthy travel the easy option, such as improvements to public transport including the South Wales Metro, investing in high quality segregated cycleways, and the expansion of 20mph zones.

Dr Tom Porter, Consultant in Public Health Medicine in Cardiff and Vale, and lead for Healthy Travel Wales said "With new evidence emerging every day of the seriousness of climate change, and the urgency with which we need to act, it is incumbent on all of us to reduce our carbon emissions. Alongside the benefits to our own health and air quality, ditching the car to walk, cycle or take public transport, is one of the most important things we can do. Even if it is one day a week to start with, everything adds up. By making it easier for staff and visitors to make the swap, the organisations announced today are leading the way."

Cllr Huw Thomas, Chair of Cardiff Public Services Board, said "Huge strides have been taken over the last three years to embed active travel in the public sector in Cardiff and make it easier for staff to switch to walking, cycling and public transport for work-related travel. That vital work must and will continue. Transport is responsible for 41% of Cardiff's carbon emissions, yet half of all journeys within the city could comfortably be cycled in 20 minutes or less, with significant benefits for the health of people and the planet."