Cardiff Council are killing the City.

[The Bloop]

With so much city centre shopping now inside and away from Queen Street, I wonder if they'd ever reconsider opening it back up to traffic?

[Tuerto]

With so much city centre shopping now inside and away from Queen Street, I wonder if they'd ever reconsider opening it back up to traffic?

They don't want to re open Castle st.

[tforturton]

They don't want to re open Castle st.

You can understand why, but there is a serious lack of alternative routes. The bridge by the bus station is also no longer a proper thoroughfare, and so we're basically left with Penarth Road, and Western Avenue, if you want to cross the river. Yes, I know you can cross at James Street in the bay, or Station Road in Llandaff North, but neither of them are what you'd call city centre, or even able to carry a lot of traffic.
It's a mess, but it's been known about for ages. They have seen this coming, and chosen to ignore it.