With the Cardiff Half Marathon taking place this Sunday (1 October), the city is expected to be exceptionally busy, so residents and visitors are advised to plan and leave plenty of time for their journey.
Tomorrow (Wednesday 27 September)h, 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 27 September until just before midnight on Monday 2 October College 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 30 Septemberh)
From 5am on Thursday 28 September until just before midnight on Monday 2 October 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 29 September until just before midnight on Sunday 1 October 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 for emergency services will be permitted from North Road.
Between 4am and 12 noon on Sunday 1 October, 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 6am and 10.45am on Sunday, the following roads will be closed:
North Road from the junction with Colum Road to the junction with Boulevard de Nantes (Access to Blackweir via Park Place/Corbett Road, northbound up North Road).
Between 10am and 3.10pm on Sunday, 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, 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.
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 3.10pmt.