page_title: A4232 road
section_title: Eastern Bay Link Road (Ewart Parkinson Road)
hierarchical_section_title: A4232 road / Link roads / Eastern Bay Link Road (Ewart Parkinson Road)
caption_attribution_description: English: Construction of the Eastern Bay Link Road
context_page_description: The A4232, which is also known either as the Peripheral Distributor Road or the Cardiff Link Road, is a distributor road in Cardiff, the capital of Wales.
  The first section of the PDR to be completed was the Southern Way Link Road in 1978 and the last section was phase 1 of the Eastern Bay Link Road, known as Ewart Parkinson Road in 2017. When fully completed, the road will form part of the Cardiff ring road system. The PDR runs west, south and east of Cardiff, with the M4 between junction 30 and junction 33 completing the northern section. The PDR is dual carriageway for its entire length except for Rover Way and the East Moors Viaduct, which is a single carriageway. The entire length of the road has clearway restrictions on it.
  The PDR has been constructed in separate link roads of between 1.2 km and 5.47 km around Cardiff and to date 17.4 miles including spurs have been opened to traffic, with plans for a further 5.53 km. It has 5 large viaducts, 1 tunnel and 2 spur roads. The road has many grade separated interchanges.
context_section_description: Construction on the first phase of the 5.25 km (3.26 mi) Eastern Bay Link Road (Welsh: Ffordd Gyswllt Dwyrain y Bae), also known as the Ewart Parkinson Road (Welsh: Ffordd Ewart Parkinson), began on 17 March 2016. It runs from the Queen's Gate Roundabout to the Ocean Way roundabout and was opened on 15 June 2017 by the First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones. Only phase 1 of the 1.2 km (0.75 mi) road between Queen's Gate Roundabout (51.468090°N 3.156193°W) and Ocean Way Interchange (51.472328°N 3.144107°W) has been constructed, with a feasibility study being carried out into the final phase (Phase 2) of the link road between Ocean Way roundabout to the A48 Eastern Avenue. The link road is a two lane dual carriageway with a 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) speed limit eastbound and a 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) speed limit westbound. Originally the link road was to have just a 180 m (590 ft) with embankments at both ends of the link road, however because a sewer could not be diverted, a 670 m (2,200 ft) viaduct had to be built instead, which caused delays to the construction. The viaduct was constructed using steel and concrete and consists of 21 spans with 120 precast concrete beams and 220 m (720 ft) of steelwork.
  For many years this link road had been mothballed due to the costs involved. The link road had previously been known as the East Moors Link Road – Phase 1 and 3, but it also included the East Moors Viaduct, which was originally known as the East Moors Link Road – Phase 2. Later it became known as the Cardiff Bay Link Road, then renamed again becoming the Eastern Bay Link Road.
  The Eastern Bay Link Road was subject to many planning proposals since the last link road (the Butetown Link Road) was completed in 1995, namely a local transport plan (Local Transport Plan 2000–2016) in August 2000, a green paper (A Change of Gear) in December 2002 and a white paper (Keeping Cardiff Moving) in May 2003. The cost of the link road was estimated to cost GB£162 million in 2001 and this increased to GB£180 million by August 2002. It was suggested that it could be paid for by congestion charging, although a public-private partnership is also considered.
  The original route of the link road had been challenged by both Friends of the Earth Cymru, and also the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), who had both lodged formal objections against the link road.
  The new route would be different to the earlier proposal and would avoid any encroachment into the nature conservation area, which Friends of the Earth and the RSPB had objected to. The new route would ensure that there would be no objections.
  It was revealed on 14 June 2013 that Edwina Hart, Minister for Economy, Science and Transport in the Welsh Government supported the completion the Eastern Bay Link Road. She said that the link road would; improve access to Cardiff Bay, improve access to the Cardiff Central Enterprise Zone and enhance connections within the Cardiff City Region. The overall objectives of the road would be to:
  Increase accessibility from east Cardiff to major employment sites in the East Moors area, Cardiff Bay and the Central Cardiff Enterprise Zone
  Provide a more direct route between the Butetown Tunnel and Rover Way
  Reduce  congestion at the junctions on Tyndall Street by removing traffic currently using the Ocean Way- East Tyndall Street – Central Link route
  Reduce journey times for private and commercial road users
  Help economic regeneration
  Enhance road safety and reduce casualties
  Improve resilience on the strategic road network around Cardiff
  Provide more opportunities for cycling and walking
  Phase 1
  On 2 May 2014, Edwina Hart approved the procurement of the design–build contractor, advance service diversion works and communications arrangements for the Eastern Bay Link Road. In April 2015, it was announced by the Welsh Government that the 1.2 km (0.75 mi) £27.3m Eastern Bay Link Road from the Queens Gate roundabout to the Ocean Way roundabout at Tremorfa known as the "roundabout to nowhere", would be designed by Capita Property and Infrastructu
caption: Construction of Phase 1 of the Eastern Bay Link looking west towards Queens Gate roundabout (October 2016)
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