16.02.07
Work starts on phase two of Camelford town centre environmental enhancement scheme

Phase Two of the Camelford Town Centre Environmental Enhancement Scheme is programmed to begin on Monday 19 February and will involve granite kerbing, new street lighting, under grounding of overhead services and other improvements.

The works will necessitate a westbound one way system from 5 March for fifteen weeks to be operated through the main town centre of Camelford between the bridge and the Police Station but the important message is that Camelford will still be open to traffic and business throughout the works.

Eastbound traffic will be diverted ahead of the town off the A39 left at Valley Truckle, rejoining the A39 the other side of the town at Collans Cross - cars and other light vehicles will be diverted via Camelford Station and Slaughterbridge; HGV's via Waterpit Down.

Westbound traffic (from the bridge end of town) will be allowed through the town centre. Chapel Street will also be one way – eastbound only.

College Road will be closed for one week between Monday 5 and Friday 9 March from 8.30am to 5:00pm, where emergency access only will be maintained during the road closure.

CORMAC, the highway contractual arm of Cornwall County Council, will be carrying out the works and will start work at the bridge end of town working towards the Police Station, reopening the road in both directions behind them as they complete sections. CORMAC will liaise directly with individual premises to ensure access is maintained during business hours and disruption to the general public is kept to a minimum.

Cornwall County Council's Executive Member for Strategic Planning and Transport Matt McTaggart is pleased the second phase will soon be underway. Matt said: "Cornwall County Council would like to ask the traders and town centre users for their patience whilst the construction work takes place. I appreciate it will mean more disruption but the benefits to the town produced by the first phase can already be felt and these latest works will further enhance the appearance of this important Cornish market town."

Cornwall County Council consulted during December on Phase Two of the Camelford Town Centre Environmental Enhancement scheme. As a result overhead cabling will be placed underground, new locally sourced granite kerbstones supplied by the De Lank Quarry, will be laid, and new street lighting will be installed. Traffic signing will also be rationalised as part of the town enhancement.

The works will incorporate feedback from monitoring of Phase One works, together with Phase Two consultation results. Cornwall County Council have worked closely with BT, Western Power Distribution (WPD) and local representative groups including Camelford Town Council, North Cornwall District Council and English Heritage during this phase of the scheme and the County Council and CORMAC will continue to do so while the works take place. WPD will be carrying out the underground works on all private land at their own expense.

Phase One of the project, undertaken by Cornwall County Council in partnership with North Cornwall District Council, using Objective One and English Heritage investment, has already introduced a traffic priority system along High Street that is now in operation.

Tim Yeomans, Camelford HERS Project Officer said: "We are very pleased that these works are progressing in accordance with the wishes of the town and that we are delivering several projects highlighted by the Camelford Forum Regeneration and Enhancement study. It is great to deliver what the people of the town have noted as top priorities for environmental improvements in Camelford."

Work will cease ahead of Easter at midday on Thursday 5 April, and the one way system will be removed for Easter. Work will also cease ahead of the May Day Bank Holiday at midday Friday 5 May, although the one way system will remain in place.

Cornwall County Highways will be coordinating their routine maintenance resurfacing works with the scheme to prevent further disruption in the area at a later date.

Sam Leathers Project Officer said: "We are really pleased that the HERS (Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme) Opeway improvements are almost complete. The works have included improvements to hand rails, steps and surfacing with concrete being replaced with granite using local details such as pebblestone drainage channels.

"The lighting is the finishing touch making the Opeways safer and more pleasant for the community, re-establishing them as a historical landmark feature within the urban fabric of Camelford."

For further information contact Beverly Skilton on 01872 222000.

The Objective One programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has invested in the Camelford Town Centre enhancement scheme and the Camelford Heritage Economic Regeneration Scheme through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Editor's notes:

Clare Morgan
Media Relations Manager
Objective One Partnership Office
Castle House
Pydar Street
Truro TR1 2UD
Mobile: 07973 813647
Telephone: 01872 223439

cmorgan@cornwall.gov.uk

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