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Cardiff Council plans lorry bridge into historic park
by Chris Tindalt
CARDIFF COUNCIL has announced ambitious plans to build a dedicated lorry bridge that will allow hauliers unrestricted access into a park in the heart of the city centre.
The local authority estimates that between 50 and 100 HGVs travel into the historic Bute Park every week to supply the nursery, provide equipment for open-air events and maintain and manage water flow in the dock feeder.
Existing access involves a busy junction, and the council says it is potentially unsafe. Concerns have also been mounting for some time that once vehicles enter the park, the close proximity of pedestrians could result in accidents. Plans to build a service road as well as a bridge for the park were slammed by local residents when they were unveiled back in March. A council spokesman says if it gets the go-ahead, the bridge will not be tolled and will have no weight restrictions other than "the standard ones applicable for public highways".
Simon Higgins, Road Haulage Association area manager, says: "It can only be a good thing for haulage. We would like to keep lorries away from people. What we don't want to do is pay for the privilege of crossing the bridge. If it's free, we have absolutely no objections at all."