http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wa...rdiff-13806100
A fair bit of opposition from the local people - Someone suggesting the application be turned down as it will lead to the "destruction of wildlife".
Interesting discussion to be had here.
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http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wa...rdiff-13806100
A fair bit of opposition from the local people - Someone suggesting the application be turned down as it will lead to the "destruction of wildlife".
Interesting discussion to be had here.
Why can't they build it at the current site?
Thought that was the plan? Sounds like some nimbyism going on here, but it’s already pretty congested around thereOriginally Posted by Wales-Bales
Tough decision - marsh fritillary butterfly or or maybe your wife, mother, son or daughter.
No brainer, humans are in no danger of extinction, in fact, the global population increase is alarming, unsustainable and will need to be addressed. If we do become extinct, it will probably be self inflicted. On the other hand, once the Marsh Fritllary is gone, it's gone.
Interesting point of view, which, of course you are fully entitled to. Just hope none of your family or close friends suffer from this awful disease in the future and need a facility such as that proposed.
Definite nimbyism IMO
Not willing to put up with a few years f disruption while build goes on, for a state-of-the-art facility that could save hundreds, or thousands of lives - including mine last year (I'm up there for my third, hopefully clear, test next week)
There's a link to the plans in the first link; looks to me it's an enlargement of the present site.
Hope it goes well.
Hope it goes well mate👍
It should be in a place where access is best for everyone not in the North of a very congestion city ,the roads around there are dreadful what about access for folk east south and west , they could sell that prime land make a profit and build a brand new unit and have cash over
Access to the new site will be almost directly off the M4 motorway, which will be great for anyone in South Wales needing the service.
If you have a car
Coryton interchange can be busy but it's not that bad.
Also Coryton station is less than 5 min walk, Llandaff station 15 min walk and it's near frequent bus services from the City centre and from the Rhondda via Pontypridd and Blackwood via Caerphilly.
6 year build programme apparently. Think a little bit of cancer care may be required during that time.
#prayforthebutterflies
They are building next to the current site which will be demolished once the new site is up and running.
I walk these meadows at least three times a week and live about 150 metres from the site.
The extra traffic generated by the staff, visitors and patient journeys horrifies me. It will all be funneled onto the Coryton interchange - the access will be the one that serves Asda and McDonalds. The building traffic will access via Velindre Road.
I am not callous about the plight of cancer patients because it is not a case of this site or nothing.
It makes far more sense for the unit to be sited in the nearby countryside and not in an already heavily congested area. Only today, following the M4 crash, traffic (including the 132 and 26 buses) was diverted away from the interchange and Penywallt Road and along a residential street which was choked with cars for four hours.
What nearby countryside?
This is more or less the proposed site:
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The green stuff either side of the M4 between coryton and junction 33. Hope this helps.
fwiw I think the present site would be the best option
The new site (and access road/parking) occupies a far greater area than the existing unit. I fully understand that the facility will save lives and help many, many patients (including members of my family). The work done at Velindre is exceptional. I wouldn't even play the 'wild life card' (which doesn't really work in comparison with human lives helped).
My objection is purely down to the large amount of extra traffic generated in a congested area.
I repeat - there are surely many other sites in the local countryside where such a wonderful facility could be sited.
Won’t the traffic impact on Whitchurch village be less rather than more with the proposed access to the development?
Thanks, was wondering what the options were.
Any argument against a cancer project that has some support deserves respectful attention because the fight against cancer is one that is one generally supported without question.
Its a shame they havent included a rail station for the hospital as the track bed runs along the site and could be link to the pontypridd line south of Pughs. The idea has been mentioned before with a station for tongwynlais/morganstown included. I wonder why they want an access road from asda instead of using the road that currently serves Whitchurch Hospital.
Is Coryton station not close enough to the proposed site?
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