If you fancy a spot of Sunday driving this weekend (or a trip to Splott Market), you may want to read on…
This Sunday, the Velothon returns to the streets of South East Wales, which means an awesome opportunity to see the cyclists up-close, but it also means road closures, Splottlanders.
This year, there will be three courses, 60km, 125km and a 140km race. For the safety of the competitors, all three events will take place on closed roads.
With the exception of the 60km course which starts in Usk, the 125km and the 140km courses start and end in Cardiff.
For these two events, competitors will leave Cardiff from the Civic Centre, heading down Castle Street, onto High Street and out of the city towards the Magic Roundabout. They will then head east – along Ocean Way, Rover Way, Lamby Way, through Wentloog towards Newport.
When the competitors return into Cardiff, they will come over Caerphilly Mountain, down through Lisvane, into Cyncoed and back into Cathays finishing at the Civic Centre.
The mass participation race will start at 7am and the road closures will be lifted as soon as it is safe to do so.
The estimated timings of the road closures are shown below. Live updates will be given via @cardiffcouncil on the day of the event.
In some instances – resident access will be maintained if and when it is safe to do so. For the purpose of this briefing these roads are marked with a star *
Bessemer Close Household Waste Recycling Centre will open as normal but Lamby Way HWRC will be closed during the morning, before re-opening from 1pm – 6.30pm.
The following roads will be closed between 6am and 10am:
- Lamby Way (junction with Wentloog Road to the junction with Mardy Road)*
- Mardy Road (junction with New Road to the junction with Wentloog Avenue)* and Wentloog Road
- Melyn Mair Business Centre and Heol-y-Rhosog
- Parkway, Newton Road and Newlands Road
- Wentloog Road (junction with Wentloog Avenue to the Cardiff/Newport boundary.)
The following roads will be closed between 6.00am and 10am
- Callaghan Square – northbound – from the junction with Tresillian Way to the junction with Bute Street
- Bute Street (junction with Customhouse Street to the junction with Herbert Street)*
- Herbert Street
- Tyndall Street – eastbound only – from the junction with Herbert Street to the junction with East Tyndall Street
- Tyndall Street (junction with Schooner Way to the junction with East Tyndall Street)
- East Bay Close, Wharf Road East and Windsor Road (junction with East Tyndall Street to the junction with Sanquahar Street)
- Northbound off slip from Central Link
- Sanquahar Street (junction with Cumnock Terrace to the junction with Windsor Road)*
- East Tyndall Street (junction with John Lewis to the junction with Ocean Way)*
- Lewis Road (junction with East Tyndall Street to the junction with Ocean Way)*
- Ocean Way, Eastmoors Road, Beignon Close, Collivaud Place, Galdames place, Nettleford Road, Guest Road, Glass Avenue and Portmanmoor Road
- Eastern Bay Link from the junction with Queensgate roundabout through to Ocean Way (in both directions)
- Rover Way (junction with Foreshore Road to the junction with Lamby Way)
- Darby Road, Tidesfield Road
- Seawall Road (junction with Rover Way to the junction with South Park Road)*
- Pengam Road at the junction with Rover Way*
- Southern Way Fly-over Southbound to the junction with Lamby Way
- Lamby Way (junction with Rover Way to the junction with Wentloog Avenue.)*
The following roads will be closed from 3am until 10am
- Boulevard de Nantes
- North Road (junction with Kingsway to the junction with Colum Road)
The following roads will be closed from 3am until 10.45am
- Cowbridge Road East (junction with Cathedral Road to the junction with Castle Street)
- Castle Street, Duke Street, Kingsway and
- Westgate Street – northbound with no right turn into Castle Street.
The following roads will be closed from 4am until 11.45am:
- High Street (junction with Duke Street to the junction with St Mary’s Street)
- St Mary’s Street (junction with High Street to the junction with Mill Lane)
- Wood Street (junction with Havelock Street to the junction with St Mary’s Street.)
- Mill Lane (Junction with St Mary’s Street to the junction with Canal Street)
- Customhouse Street
- Penarth Road (junction with St Mary’s Street to the junction with Tresillian Way) – Access to the Hayes will be maintained via Tredegar Street.
The following roads will be closed between 9.30am until 5pm:
- Whitchurch Road (junction with Gelligaer Street to the junction with Cathays Terrace)
- Crwys Road (junction with Dalton Street to the junction with Cathays Terrace)
The following road will be closed between 9.30am and 17.30pm
- Cathays Terrace – throughout its length
The following road will be closed between 3.00 a.m. and 18.00pm the following roads will be closed
- Corbett Road from the junction with Cathays Terrace to the junction with North Road;
The following roads will be closed between 10am and 5.30pm:
- Colum Road (junction with North Road to the junction with Corbett Road)
- Park Place (junction with St Andrews Place to the junction with Corbett Road) *
(Access to Queen Anne Square will be via North Road and King Edward V11 Avenue through to College Road.)
The following roads will be closed between 9.30am and 5pm:
- A469 Thornhill Road
- Capel Gwilym Road and Heol Hir (junction with Heol Llinos to the junction with Capel Gwilym)
- Cherry Orchard Road, Heol Hir – Northbound, Excalibur Drive (junction with Amber Heart Drive)
- Cefn Onn Meadows, Clos Llysfaen, The Paddock, Llwyn-y-Pia Road and Cotswold Avenue
- Heol-y-Delyn (junction with Plas-y-Delyn to the junction with Church Road)
- Church Road (junction with Heol-y-Delyn to the junction with Lisvane Road)
- Church Close
- B4562 Lisvane Road (junction with St Mellons Road to the junction with Church Road) and St Mellons Road (junction with Heol Pontprennau/Lisvane Road to the junction with Church Road)*
- B4562 Station Road (junction with Lisvane Road to the junction with Fidlas Road) and Clos Coed-y-Dafarn, Chartwell Drive, Wood Close, Crofta, Woodside Court, South Road, Marion Court and The Rise.
- Station Road (junction with Fidlas Road, Newlands Court, Redwood Court, Old Vicarage Close and Glebe Place)
- Station Road (junction with Fidlas Road to the junction with Ty Glas Avenue*
- Fidlas Road (junction with Station Road to the junction with Llandennis Road, Usk Road, Ewenny Road, Maberly Court and Fidlas Road.
- Heathwood Road (junction with Fidlas Rod to the junction with Heath Halt Road)*
- Rhyd-y-Penau Road (junction with Heol Esgyn to the junction with Fidlas Road)
- Llandennis Road and Dyffryn Close
- Lake Road West (junction with Llandennis to the junction with Fairoak Road)
- Lake Road North (junction with Beatty avenue to the junction with Lake Road West)*
- Beatty Avenue (junction with Lake Road North to the junction with Lake Road West) *
- Lake Road East (junction with Wild Gardens to the junction with Lake Road West) *
- Celyn Avenue (junction with Lakeside Drive to the junction with Lake Road East)*
- Cunningham Close and Highfield Road (junction with Windermere Avenue to the junction with Lakeside West) *
- Ullswater Avenue, Keswick Avenue, Grasmere Avenue and Amberside Avenue
- Wedal Road (junction with Allensbank Road to the junction with Lake Road West)*
- Fairoak Road (junction with Lake Road East to the junction with Cathays Terrace)
- Ninian Road and Shirley Road (junctions with Tydfil Place.) *
For more information, head here:
http://www.velothon.com/events/velothon-wales/local-community/road-closures-and-queries.aspx