Wellfield Road

Just been along Wellfield Road and noticed that all of the parking spaces on both sides of the road have been coned off preventing any parking along the whole length of the road.

Is that in readiness for the ridiculous widening of the pavement for the supposedly vital "social distancing" that means we all have to avoid each other by six foot three inches when we're walking down the street in case somebody we pass for half a second and who is less than two metres away breathes in our direction and we die?

As if the government haven't done enough to wreck the economy already. Imagine you owned a shop in Wellfield Road - nobody can park in the road itself. Nobody can park in the side streets because they are residents only. Nobody can park nearby because there are double yellow lines everywhere. How are these shops supposed to survive?

I also see that a lane has been coned off in Castle Street from Cathedral Road round to the City Hall.

It's difficult not to think that the Council are using this time as a convenient excuse for bringing in by the back door the anti motorist measures they've been desperate to bring in for years especially since encouraging Swampy and his bunch of environmental terrorists to park their boat outside the castle last year.

I've got an idea for how some of the billions of pounds that furlough has cost the country can be repaid - how about introducing a flat rate bike tax for every cyclist who uses the public roads of say £100 a year.

And if there was a fixed charge of £20 for every cyclist who doesn't bother stopping at a red light we'd clear all the furlough debt in a couple of weeks.

Those shops were there before cars were invented. So the answer is, the same way as then.

Those shops were there before cars were invented. So the answer is, the same way as then.

Yes but in those days there was somewhere you could park your horse.

True.. they had the old tram n’all

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Brought this subject up when announced it is absalute joke of a decision no thought as gone into how traffic get through with lights at both ends so people are breathing in fumes more... that area is full of elderly people who would love to stand for ages waiting to get into every shop want to go into! like lots of district shopping streets it's not designed for social distancing and cannot be converted no matter how they configure pavement/road... as for castle firstly they've put the restrictions on wrong side of rd as last time I looked shops were on other side where it needed widening, there are bust stops outside castle entrance and around corner so no more bus stops but one big traffic jam as it becomes one lane both ways with traffic lights and pedestrian crossings to stop flow.. pity anyone who need an ambulance past castle as nowhere for vehicles to move out way its that narrow.. to answer question david it was planned to restrict cars there and remove cars from Cardiff in general .... so done it earlier than planned. time for this tin pot council to be booted out for the destruction of Cardiff .....

Problem is al, the centre of town is deadly for pollution, something like 4th worst in uk.. don’t see what else they can do, but remove the polluter. They shouldn’t bring in a congestion charge tho..which is what I fear from this Council.

Problem is al, the centre of town is deadly for pollution, something like 4th worst in uk.. don’t see what else they can do, but remove the polluter. They shouldn’t bring in a congestion charge tho..which is what I fear from this Council.

They already wanted that but it was fact they excluded Cardiff residents from it that WG stopped it but wont be surprised to it see come in, so this is next best thing.... but who caused the problem in 1st place? They did by destroying the transport links in Cardiff went from same place for any bus or having cross city busses to bus stops half mile apart and a new bus station with no picking up of people!! No wonder people use cars in Cardiff... and the other thing they've done is increase traffic jams in centre by closing streets off and making cars use one rd the very one they are about to restrict even more ! have you noticed slowly but surely traffic speed is being reduced all over the city to 20mph even manor way as been reduced to 30mph for most of it?
As a cardiffian looking from outside it's a disgrace what theyve done to transport infrastructure in city.

Problem is al, the centre of town is deadly for pollution, something like 4th worst in uk.. don’t see what else they can do, but remove the polluter. They shouldn’t bring in a congestion charge tho..which is what I fear from this Council.

They already wanted that but it was fact they excluded Cardiff residents from it that WG stopped it but wont be surprised to it see come in, so this is next best thing.... but who caused the problem in 1st place? They did by destroying the transport links in Cardiff went from same place for any bus or having cross city busses to bus stops half mile apart and a new bus station with no picking up of people!! No wonder people use cars in Cardiff... and the other thing they've done is increase traffic jams in centre by closing streets off and making cars use one rd the very one they are about to restrict even more ! have you noticed slowly but surely traffic speed is being reduced all over the city to 20mph even manor way as been reduced to 30mph for most of it?
As a cardiffian looking from outside it's a disgrace what theyve done to transport infrastructure in city.

There is certainly hardly any viable alternative transport for those who need to get into the city centre to work or who want to shop.

Filthy, overcrowded, expensive, unreliable train and bus services hardly provide an attractive alternative method of transport to and from the city centre.

Car parks not cheap either

Just been along Wellfield Road and noticed that all of the parking spaces on both sides of the road have been coned off preventing any parking along the whole length of the road.

Is that in readiness for the ridiculous widening of the pavement for the supposedly vital "social distancing" that means we all have to avoid each other by six foot three inches when we're walking down the street in case somebody we pass for half a second and who is less than two metres away breathes in our direction and we die?

As if the government haven't done enough to wreck the economy already. Imagine you owned a shop in Wellfield Road - nobody can park in the road itself. Nobody can park in the side streets because they are residents only. Nobody can park nearby because there are double yellow lines everywhere. How are these shops supposed to survive?

I also see that a lane has been coned off in Castle Street from Cathedral Road round to the City Hall.

It's difficult not to think that the Council are using this time as a convenient excuse for bringing in by the back door the anti motorist measures they've been desperate to bring in for years especially since encouraging Swampy and his bunch of environmental terrorists to park their boat outside the castle last year.

I've got an idea for how some of the billions of pounds that furlough has cost the country can be repaid - how about introducing a flat rate bike tax for every cyclist who uses the public roads of say £100 a year.

And if there was a fixed charge of £20 for every cyclist who doesn't bother stopping at a red light we'd clear all the furlough debt in a couple of weeks.

Another massive waste of time and money....what about Albany rd? Ok to walk past someone there is it?

Just been along Wellfield Road and noticed that all of the parking spaces on both sides of the road have been coned off preventing any parking along the whole length of the road.

Is that in readiness for the ridiculous widening of the pavement for the supposedly vital "social distancing" that means we all have to avoid each other by six foot three inches when we're walking down the street in case somebody we pass for half a second and who is less than two metres away breathes in our direction and we die?

As if the government haven't done enough to wreck the economy already. Imagine you owned a shop in Wellfield Road - nobody can park in the road itself. Nobody can park in the side streets because they are residents only. Nobody can park nearby because there are double yellow lines everywhere. How are these shops supposed to survive?

I also see that a lane has been coned off in Castle Street from Cathedral Road round to the City Hall.

It's difficult not to think that the Council are using this time as a convenient excuse for bringing in by the back door the anti motorist measures they've been desperate to bring in for years especially since encouraging Swampy and his bunch of environmental terrorists to park their boat outside the castle last year.

I've got an idea for how some of the billions of pounds that furlough has cost the country can be repaid - how about introducing a flat rate bike tax for every cyclist who uses the public roads of say £100 a year.

And if there was a fixed charge of £20 for every cyclist who doesn't bother stopping at a red light we'd clear all the furlough debt in a couple of weeks.

Another massive waste of time and money....what about Albany rd? Ok to walk past someone there is it?

That will be next or cowbridge rd west! The master plan is to take all cars off Cardiff rds to force you on to council busses..

I'm not accepting that for one moment al.. the Council having a Masterplan!

I saw that this morning,but driving along Roath park I couldn’t help noticed how rammed the walk ways were with people shoulder to shoulder.

I saw that this morning,but driving along Roath park I couldn’t help noticed how rammed the walk ways were with people shoulder to shoulder.

I know, they really need to open up everything now I reckon, people are congregating in certain areas en mass, if they opened up the city centre and shopping areas it would spread people thin all over the place.

I'm not accepting that for one moment al.. the Council having a Masterplan!

Guess was being silly thinking they have any plan thats useful

Is the coning off of parking a covid reaction or part of scheme to keep cars off road? Either way it seems futile but curious to know please?

Problem is al, the centre of town is deadly for pollution, something like 4th worst in uk.. don’t see what else they can do, but remove the polluter. They shouldn’t bring in a congestion charge tho..which is what I fear from this Council.

Cardiff is not even in the top twenty for air pollution

Is the coning off of parking a covid reaction or part of scheme to keep cars off road? Either way it seems futile but curious to know please?

No it's part of council strategy to take cars out of Cardiff centre! Castle street was planned it's just been pushed forward, and welfield rd is the start of many such schemes that have slowly been introduced over the years latest is 30mph manor way instead of 40mph..