With the Oysho Cardiff Half Marathon taking place on Sunday, October 5th, the city is expected to be exceptionally busy, so residents and visitors are advised to plan ahead and leave plenty of time for their journey.
From 5am on Thursday, October 2nd until just before midnight on Monday October 6th, Edward VII Avenue to Boulevard de Nantes to its junction with City Hall Road will be closed to all traffic.
From 5am on Saturday October 4th until just before midnight on Sunday 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 4th – Access for emergency services will be permitted from North Road when the event takes place.
There will be a series of road closures for the event on Sunday, October 5th, during the following times:
Between 6am and 10.45am 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 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, 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 via Colum Road/Corbett Road and exiting will be via Corbett Road/ North Road northbound.
Lady Mary Road from the junction with Maryport Road to the junction with Lake Road East.
Between 8.30am until 3.10pm, there will be a rolling road closure to facilitate the event.
· Cowbridge Road East from the junction with Cathedral Road
· 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, Penylan 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 – residents and businesses in Cardiff Bay will receive an additional letter showing the diversion route that the Council will manage to allow access and egress. This will be via Celerity Drive, Craiglee Drive, Letton Way, Lloyd George Avenue and Bute Place. As soon as the road closures are lifted within that area, access and egress will resume as normal.
If the route is completed earlier, then these roads will be open before 3.10pm.
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