Newsletter: No. 4 November 2019

St Austell to A30 Link Road Updates on progress with the proposed to A30 link road since September 2018.

What has been happening? (Contractors) Ltd to finalise the detailed design of the project and construct the new link road. We will be Since the last newsletter was published a lot has been working with our new Contractor in the coming weeks to going on. get them up to speed and to develop the detailed design Public Exhibitions - We held public exhibitions in of the route further. October 2018 and met over 800 people. Those people Stakeholder Groups - At the exhibitions in Roche, Bugle, who attended the exhibitions in Roche, Bugle, Carthew Carthew and Carluddon visitors were invited to join and Carluddon saw not only the plans for the new road Stakeholder Groups to support the development of the but also a computer generated flythrough and were project and Complementary Measures. These groups able to use virtual reality headsets to see what the road meet regularly and if you’d like to join one, please email would look like from different locations. If you missed the the team a30tostaustell@.gov.uk. consultation but would like to view any of the material please visit: https://vimeo.com/302077231. Complementary Measures Work has been progressing to develop the complementary traffic management measures that will be constructed in the surrounding villages when the new link road has been built. These measures comprise of four distinct parts: • Additional Traffic calming on the B3274 through Ruddlemoor, and Carthew (the White River Valley); • Traffic calming and ‘placemaking’ in Bugle and Roche; • Junction Improvements. Realignment of B3247 and approach to T-junction to improve visibility. Route - We finalised the outline design of the route, • Increasing the height clearance at the rail bridge on the completed impact assessments and applied for Planning A390 Holmbush Road. Consent before the end of 2018. Planning - In April 2019 we were successful in gaining planning permission, which meant another significant White River Valley milestone was achieved for the project. The project team has engaged with representatives from the communities along the B3274 in White Tender - We held an open day for prospective bidders River Valley. The residents have expressed their at Enterprise Space for Advanced Manufacturing (ESAM) preferences for a variety of treatments. Measures are near St Austell in January 2019 and issued the tender for being developed over the coming months. We aim to the design and build Contractor for the new link road. have these measures agreed and implemented in a Contract Award - Following a successful open market short timescale. tender process, we have recently appointed Alun Griffiths Continued on page 4 Ü

www.cornwall.gov.uk/a30tostaustell St Austell to A30 Link Road The proposed new road from the Singlerose roundabout at Stenalees to the A30 at Roche represents the final phase in

providing a major transport link from St Austell to the A30. The proposed 6.2km single carriageway road will help to bring To Bodmin economic and job creation opportunities to the area by resolving the current lack of a continuous high quality route which is seen as a major block to economic growth. A30

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Queens Proposed Link B3274 Link Road Objectives Road (Phase 3) Bugle d • Complete the link between St 2020-2022 delivery Austell and the A30, Newquay, To Liskear CornwallFr Airportaddon and Aerohub St Dennis A390 Enterprise Zone CERC Whitemoor • Improve access to existing and new housing and employment sites in Stenalees (World Heritage Site) mid-Cornwall • Improve competitiveness of Clay Area St Austell as a location for new businesses Nanpean Carthew Trethurgy • Address congestion and Claysupport Area Wheal Martyn Eden housing and employment growth Museum A391 Phase 2 Project Ruddlemoor 2015 • Support regeneration in Roche, Bugle and the Clay Area, Foxhole St Blazey by addressing traffic issues and Complementary A391 Phase 1 Blackpool Pit measures 1997 improving opportunities for business White River Valley A391 St Stephen Trethowel Par High Street Par St Austell Beach Strategic Case The new road aligns with national Par and local policy through facilitating Docks investment, supporting growth, and Bay creating the high value jobs needed to Coombe provide a much-needed boost to the A390 Charlestown ruro Holmbush Bridge St Austell and China Clay economy. uro To T (World Heritage Site) To Tr complementary measures

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Victoria Existing Minor improvements to A391 Support for Change Roche to Trekenning road Interchange Cornwall • Community Engagement Services Map Key Four public exhibitions in 2018 To Newquay C0077 attended by over 800 people and 100 Victoria Consented development comments received. Lockengate Recent planning applications • Five public exhibitions in 2016, with y Redmoor or possible future over 1,200 attendees and 816 written To Newqua  development sites Tregoss responses. 70% + support for new Moor Roche   Proposed link road link roadLostwithiel and improved connectivity to St Austell A391 • Business Engagement 2016-17 Goss 400 businesses contacted via

Indian Moor Lanlivery telephone. 11 via one to one sessions.

Queens Proposed Link B3274 90% of respondents supported road Bugle d Road (Phase 3) improvements between St Austell 2020-2022 delivery Luxulyan and the A30. Over a third said their

To Liskear business had been affected by the St Dennis A390 missing link between St Austell and CERC the A30 Whitemoor Luxulyan Valley • Planning permission secured Stenalees (World Heritage Site) on 04/04/2019 • Other Stakeholder Engagement Clay Area Penwithick Environmental workshops Nanpean and creation of a Forum of Carthew Trethurgy local politicians and business Clay Area Wheal Martyn Eden representatives Museum A391 Phase 2 Project Ruddlemoor 2015 Foxhole St Blazey Complementary A391 Phase 1 Economic Case Blackpool Pit Tywardreath measures 1997 • White River Valley Adjusted Benefit Cost Ratio of 2.07 A391 (1.59 unadjusted) representing High St Stephen Par Trethowel Value for Money High Street • £25.2m increase in productivity Par • additional GDP by 2037 St Austell Beach £22.3m Lanjeth • 6,300 jobs in the area from Trewoon Par developments sitesFo ‘unlocked’wey by the Docks Scheme

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Funding • Total Scheme Cost of £84.46m December 2019 March 2020 May 2020 Summer 2022 Summer 2023 Summer 2027 CPO/SRO DfT funding Construction Scheme opens Completion of Final • DfT funding requirement: £78.46m complete confirmation commences Complementary evaluation • contribution: measures £6m Ü Continued from page 1 which are more problematic to grow, such as Bird’s Foot Trefoil. Eden have also combine-harvested a significant Bugle and Roche quantity of cornfield annual seed from the wildflower We have also met residents from Bugle and Roche. fields at the . These amazing landscapes Feedback has given some idea of preferences from attracted national press attention this year. The seed the two groups. The more complex situations within collected this year is now in store, ready to be sown into the Proposed Development in these two villages fields in the Eden Project’s outer estate in spring 2020. will take more time. The processes to get strategies During 2020 they will be working with volunteers and implemented are being set out to the representatives local botanists to collect the rest of the starter seed and we will meet with them again in the New Year. needed from wild populations and getting the seeds in the ground for a big harvest in 2021. Trekenning Additionally Eden will be working with IMERYS to harvest Improvements at Trekenning Junction on the road seed for new heathland along the route as well. between Roche and have also been The final result of all this effort will be a net gain for identified and are at their initial stages. These works biodiversity for the whole project, a rare feat for a road will realign the junction, widen the road in some construction project of this scale. Cornwall Council is places and improve drainage . This will improve the proud to be leading the way in this with Eden and we connection with the new link road. Allowing for surveys, cannot wait to see the results. scheme development and planning requirements, it should be completed early in 2022. The Carbon Trust Cornwall Council and Mace have been working in Holmbush Road Rail Bridge collaboration with the Carbon Trust to track and reduce Increasing the currently low height clearance to meet the levels of carbon emissions from the construction modern standards will provide a route for the tallest of the new road. We will be using a tool to forecast the of heavy goods vehicles so they can avoid St Austell’s likely environmental impact of the road and then identify residential streets. Surveys of the bridge’s foundations solutions to reduce this. Then, when construction and the ground beneath are taking place to help define completes, activities within the process will be logged to the scope of the scheme, its feasibility and timing. generate the actual information on the impact of the new road. It is the hoped that, the resultant figure will be less The reasons for the measures, and the practicalities than the original forecasted one. This will confirm that the around their implementation, mean that they will be built project has taken the necessary action and consideration around 2022. Several early wins are likely to be achieved to reduce its impact on the environment. before the road opens, however the bulk of the works will Over the past couple of months, Mace have completed need the quieter traffic conditions that will come with the a data collection exercise which has identified all the new link road. materials and processes within the project. It was important to ensure that this process was as thorough Partners as possible to generate a fair representation of the road. National Wildflower Centre The data is currently being inputted into the Highways tool by the Carbon Trust. This initial stage will The National Wildflower Centre help us to calculate the project’s anticipated carbon at Eden has been appointed by footprint. Then we will work with the Contractor to Cornwall Council to create a planting identify what steps we can take to address the forecasted scheme for this project. The National footprint, and reduce it. Wildflower Centre has specified six different wildflower mixes to plant along the whole corridor. This will Further information is available online at: also include a significant quantity www.cornwall.gov.uk/a30tostaustell of heather seeding. The wildflower species are chosen to Alternatively you can contact the project team: reflect the local flora of Cornwall. This will also be a great benefit to pollinators. St Austell to A30 Team, Floor 4, Zone B, This summer, Eden have been working with volunteers to Pydar House, Pydar Street, TR1 1XU collect the Red Campion and Foxglove that are needed in t: 0300 1234 222 large quantities. They will also collect some of the species e: [email protected]

If you would like this information in another format or language please contact: Cornwall Council, County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro TR1 3AY t: 0300 1234 100 e: [email protected] www.cornwall.gov.uk November 2019 JN46318