Friends of the Earth Cardiff Cyfeillion y Ddaear Caerdydd

Traffic in St Mary Street before the car ban.
Photo: Chris Brown, Cardiff Friends of the Earth

Traffic and businesses

Traffic affects the British Economy. In 2007 the South-East Wales Transport Alliance estimated that congestion costs Welsh businesses 500 million pounds a year.

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Transport

An efficient transport system is vital to how Cardiff functions. People have to travel to work, to shop, to school and to other facilities. Businesses have to transport goods and be accessible to customers.

Viridor have admitted that in order to fill their 350,000 tonnes per year incinerator with rubbish will require an extra 256 waste lorries every day.

This is a 3 per cent increase in traffic congestion and pollution for Cardiff residents as the lorries bring in rubbish from all over south Wales to the site on Ocean Way.

Traffic congestion in Newport Road, Cardiff Photo: Chris Brown, Cardiff Friends of the Earth