A council has been told to reconsider the arrangements it has in place for a well-used road which was re-opened to all traffic last year. Cardiff Council has been instructed by the Welsh Government to reconsider the scheme it has in place for Castle Street, a busy city centre road.
The road was shut to all traffic in summer 2020, before reopening to just buses and taxis in the autumn of that year. Last October, Castle Street was reopened to private traffic. One traffic lane was removed and a two-way cycle lane was also installed.
The current scheme is in place on a temporary basis until a permanent decision is made by the council next year after further modelling and analysis of clean air and congestion is undertaken. The Welsh Government has now called upon the local authority to consider alternatives in a bid to further clamp down on the levels of air pollution in the city.
