New homes site will only add to the traffic gridlock
WITH reference to recent artist’s impression of the old Llandaff BBC studio site after 364 new houses and flats have been built there I would like to comment on how nice the said artist’s impression looks.
Also the aerial view looks impressive. Something vthough appeared to be omitted from these diagrams: the massive long tailback of gridlocked traffic on the main Llantrisant Road outside. At peak times this road is already a nightmare.
So much traffic trying to use a road that cannot cope with the volume and with no apparent solution to ease it as no road widening can be done through Llandaff City itself. Already further up the road towards Llantrisant there are large new housing estates in various stages of construction.
Now with another 364 new homes to be built at the old BBC site how on earth does Cardiff council expect this area to cope with potentially the hundreds more cars trying to use it? Great for the environment all those exhaust fumes.
It seems any housing application or even outdoor alcohol applications are granted en masse by the council planners irrespective of the pollution from exhaust fumes or noise from boozers caused to the areas affected and residents living in those areas.
I am glad I do not have to travel along Llantrisant Road in rush-hour times and sympathise with those who do.
Keith Shackson
Canton, Cardiff
Paying extra at the pump in Cardiff
I REFUELLED my car at a Tesco filling station in Nottingham on Saturday at a price of 117.9p per litre for unleaded.
The average price of supermarket unleaded petrol in Cardiff is around 122.9p per litre.
Are Cardiff motorists being taken for a ride?
Paul Cawley Pontprennau, Cardiff
A Bluebell Sonnet
Are Cardiff motorists being taken for a ride?
A patch of bluebells catches my view High in the Wenallt Woods,
A slightly different hue to the April sky Which contains the remnants of winter
On its breath, sun flickering through the trees
As I peer down from the picturesque path
At Whitchurch
Penarth.
Paul Cawley Pontprennau
Tower, the city,
A patch of bluebells catches my view As birds sing a homage to spring And the verdant grass appears to shine
With a myriad of diamonds from morning dew.
An army of dogs and owners will soon appear
But now I’m alone admiring the scene
And just for a while my thoughts are serene.
Guy Fletcher Pantmawr, Cardiff
EC should act as the enforcer
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has confirmed players involved in the proposed European Super League will be banned from playing in the European Championship and
World Cup (WalesOnline, April 19).
As someone with an LLM in European Union Law and an FAW football leader, it is my view that in the case of football associations still in the EU this breaches competition law. This is because Uefa, as a confederation of Fifa, controls more than 20% of European
football rights and is abusing that dominant position.
I would like the Super League to have play-offs between the top teams in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London and the combined authorities in England, including Manchester, Liverpool and the West Midlands. The
European Commission should step in to enforce the laws it holds so dear.
Councillor Jonathan Bishop
Efail Isaf
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