"Take action against this traffic madness!"

12.00.00am UTC (GMT +0000) Thu 31st Aug 2006

Bill Stowe, Cllr. Ed Bridges and Philip Palmer address the meeting of the Everest Avenue Traffic Action Group

A group of Cardiff residents has asked Cardiff Council to take action against traffic using their quiet suburban road as a rat run. The call was made by residents of Everest Avenue, Llanishen, at a meeting last night in Llanishen Baptist Church Hall, attended by around fifty people.

Local resident Philip Palmer, 61, told the meeting: "Everest Avenue is being used as a main thoroughfare, despite only being a quiet residential street. The traffic levels passing through the road are unacceptable, and the council really needs to take action."

Local residents have already been working with the local police against motorists ignoring "Access Only" signs on the road, with a further demonstration planned for September. Residents are now calling on the council to introduce cameras on the road to catch motorists using the road as a short-cut between Heol Hir and Station Road.

The meeting was attended by Liberal Democrat Assembly candidate Ed Bridges, who said: "The speed and volume of traffic on the road is unacceptable by anyone's standards, and the residents of Everest Avenue are right to ask for something to be done. I've started a petition calling on the council to take action and I will be doing all I can to support this campaign."