{"id":15906,"date":"2017-01-25T17:38:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T17:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=15906"},"modified":"2017-01-25T17:38:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T17:38:58","slug":"businesses-losing-due-work-ely-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/01\/25\/businesses-losing-due-work-ely-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Businesses &#039;losing out&#039; due to work on Ely Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CONSTRUCTION work on Cowbridge Road West has caused major disruption for nearby businesses, companies in Ely and Canton have claimed.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of two lanes heading into Ely and Caerau has been shut since work on Ely Bridge began last week, with businesses criticising its \u201cludicrous\u201d impact on traffic.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The work is scheduled to continue for the next five months to install internet cables for 800 houses to be built on the site of the former Ely paper mill.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paul Cottle, manager of the Coach House restaurant and pub on Station Terrace, said: \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely ludicrous. It\u2019s affecting my customers, people can\u2019t get in or out. The traffic is backed down into Western Avenue and all the way up to the roundabout.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe problem is the amount of traffic using Cowbridge Road West &#8211; it\u2019s huge. The whole highway management on this side of Cardiff needs to be addressed.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile Suzanne Wills, 42, from Bowshers Garage on Cowbridge Road East, said: \u201cBusiness has got quieter since the traffic started. I don\u2019t blame people, what used to be a four-minute journey now takes 40 minutes.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt is what it is though, in the long run maybe it\u2019s a good thing as we might get customers from the new houses.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shopkeeper Urvisha Patel, 29, from Riverside Terrace added: \u201cIt\u2019s standstill, especially at school times. It took me 40 minutes to get home from Tesco on Western Avenue.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCustomers have told me that the bus journey takes double the time, you can see the amount of number 17 and 18 buses that go over the bridge.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following the lane closure both Cardiff Bus and First Cymru Buses have warned passengers about delays to public bus routes caused by the work.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In one Tweet published on January 17, Cardiff Bus stated: \u201cThe lane restrictions at Ely Bridge is causing some severe delays to the 1,2,13,17,18 &amp; 96 Services.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Wheadon\u2019s bus company based on Station Road, the increase in traffic has also led to school routes taking up to one hour longer to complete.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Driver Steve Osling, 63, said: \u201cA 40-minute run from Ely to Fairwater now takes me up to two hours, you can spend three quarters of an hour waiting on Fairwater Road. On the way back in the morning the bus is empty but in the afternoon I&#8217;ve got pupils on.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Last week the traffic was backed up to Fairwater Pub and the traffic lights changed four times or five times without me moving.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nick Wheadon, 25, confirmed: \u201cIt\u2019s adding an extra hour to all the bus runs that come from Western Avenue.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However according to Ely councillor Jim Murphy the construction has not affected all residents, with some people taking alternative routes.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coun Murphy said: \u201cThe construction company did give 20 weeks notice with signs on the bridge. I\u2019ve been caught up in a few traffic jams but a lot of people are going on the other side of the railway on Michaelston Road.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think people are finding different ways to get around. For example I went on the motorway to pick my granddaughter up from Llandaff.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite this, Coun Murphy admitted that the construction work has caused problems: \u201cIt has been an issue, if you\u2019re coming from Cowbridge Road East it\u2019s alright but it\u2019s bumper to bumper. When you come from Western Avenue you\u2019re coming from two lanes down into one lane.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A spokesperson for Cardiff Council said the work was needed<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0to build a trench to supply internet cables to the future housing estate, The Mill.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe reality of any new development is that cables and utilities need to reach the site. Traffic disruption will be for the minimum time possible,\u201d they said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONSTRUCTION work on Cowbridge Road West has caused major disruption for nearby businesses, companies in Ely and Canton have claimed. One of two lanes heading into Ely and Caerau has been shut since work on Ely Bridge began last week, with businesses criticising its \u201cludicrous\u201d impact on traffic. 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