£16m grant to improve transport will aid regeneration project
Work to kick-start regenerating part of Cornwall can now begin after the confirmation of a £16 million government grant.
The Camborne-Pool-Redruth Transport Package will bring major changes to the road network.
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Final approval for government financial backing came on Thursday from Transport Minister Norman Baker.
Mr Baker said: "The £16.1 million we are putting into this scheme shows that the Coalition Government is serious about investing in the infrastructure the country needs to drive economic growth."
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The scheme will see a new road built from Dolcoath to Dudnance Lane across the Red River valley and the old South Crofty mine site, including a new junction on Dudnance Lane.
A new road will also lead from Station Road to Wilson Way, removing traffic from Pool village centre.
Minor improvements to other roads in the area, including footways, cycleways and new lighting, will also be made.
The Camborne-Pool-Redruth package was one of the schemes given funding approval last year as part of the spending review process.
Work can now start on the construction, with the project scheduled to complete in November 2014.
6 Comments
by eu_blues
Saturday, February 23 2013, 6:37PM
“Work to kick-start regenerating part of Cornwall can now begin after the confirmation of a £16 million government grant.
What sort or regeneration are talking about. From the way I see it, Pool, Camborne and Redruth have never been properly regenerated. All the money that was supposedly earmarked for Cornwall got spent on intergrating Cornwall further into the EU superstate through Objective One. None of the £320million ever saw the light of day. Cornwall and the cornish people were conned. And now we have more 'garbage talk' about regenerating an already hard hit area with a new road system that will add hardly anything to the area, except more housing and probably a few more supermarkets. The future is very bleak indeed.”
by Cknocker
Saturday, February 23 2013, 4:24PM
“Just to wind you all up.....
The actual scheme is closer to £30 Million (The £16 Million is just the central government grant).
The reason why this has been given top priority is because it is impossible to do anything with the derelict land in Camborne/Redruth until it is done, as the highways agency have a holding restriction on development in the area because of the risk of traffic backing up onto the A30 at Tolvaddon. Bear in mind that the the area has been set aside by the council for the lions share of housing development in the County, with some 13,000 new homes planned - in other words the County Council are screwed in terms of meeting their housing target without this road!”
by kollie
Saturday, February 23 2013, 2:36PM
“i am confused by this.
Penzance Heliport closure - No money anywhere to help out
Heartlands - Loadsa money everywhere
New road to take cars from camborne to redruth without the troublesome queing - isnt this what the a30 is for? Somewhere they find £16000000!
Desperate need for a30 improvements between chivvy cross and carland cross and between st erth and penzance - £500k to widen the junction to the roundabout at Newtown into 2 lanes at the place where everyone treats it as a 2 lane road already!
Who do the Camborne/Redruth planners and developers know in high places that the rest of the county dont?”
by GMann
Saturday, February 23 2013, 2:03PM
“I agree, an out of town shopping centre is just what we need. Then we can convert all the shops in Redruth and Camborne town centres into houses and flats.”
by buzzzz
Saturday, February 23 2013, 11:43AM
“Heartlands was a wasted opportunity as we could have had a big shopping mall there which would open into the evenings and thus attract people from far and wide."
I have to agree with you there jimjams.
What an absolute waste of money this is. I gave it the 'benefit of doubt' when it first opened but the place is empty most of the time. This place is supposed to be for the people. What average family can afford the food and drink prices, what does this place really have to offer.
Where did all the millions really go to build it in the first place. It wont be long before the vast areas of cheap uneven lawns are sold off for redevelopment enabling the fat cats to get fatter. If the idiots that run this county actually listened in the first place, they would have built an all weather indoor facility that the county would have been proud of. This facility could have catered for all ages.”
by jimjams2011
Saturday, February 23 2013, 10:55AM
“This road is a complete waste of money. What is it meant to connect? There has been no regeneration there to require a 'link road'. As such people are perfectly happy to bypass both Camborne and Redruth.
Heartlands was a wasted opportunity as we could have had a big shopping mall there which would open into the evenings and thus attract people from far and wide.”