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EDG1525 Atlantic Highway Improvement

Public Engagement Report

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CONTENTS Glossary of Terms 5 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 1.1 Introduction 7 1.2 Consultation Outcomes 7 1.3 Conclusion 8 2 INTRODUCTION 9 2.1 Purpose of the report 9 2.2 Structure of the Public Engagement Report 9 2.3 The Scheme - Background 9 2.4 The Proposed Scheme 10 2.5 Scheme Objectives 12 3 HISTORIC CONSULTATIONS 13 3.1 1993 Consultation 13 3.2 2001 Consultation 13 3.3 2002 Consultation 13 3.4 2018 Air Quality Action Plan Consultation 15 3.5 2019 Preparation for Public Engagement 15 4 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT 16 4.2 Requirement for Public Engagement 16 4.3 Public Consultation Exhibition 17 5 METHOD OF ANALYSIS FOR FEEDBACK COMMENTS 18 5.1 Introduction 18 5.2 Analysis of Consultation Feedback 18 5.3 Development of our Responses to Feedback 20 5.4 Presentation of our Findings 20 6 ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION FEEDBACK 21 6.1 Introduction 21 6.2 Attendance of the Public Exhibitions 21 6.3 Public Consultation Feedback Received 22 6.4 Question 1 23 6.5 Question 2 25 6.6 Question 3 28 6.7 Question 4 31 6.8 Question 5 34 6.9 Question 6 37 6.10 Question 7 40 6.11 Question 8 42 6.12 Question 9 44 7 APPLICANT’S USE OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT FEEDBACK 46 8 CONCLUSIONS 51

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APPENDICES

A – 1993 Public Consultation Leaflet B – Regeneration Proposals – Public Consultation, Atlantic Consultants, 2001 C – The A39 Camelford Regeneration Distributor Road Options Report, April 2002 D – 2002 Public Consultation Leaflet E – A39 Camelford Regeneration Distributor Road, Public Consultation Report, June 2002 F – Air Quality Action Plan Consultation Report, February 2018 G – Camelford Air Quality Consultation Summary, 2018 H – Public Notice I – Letter of invitation to the public J – Letter of invitation to landowners K – 2020 Public Engagement Leaflet L – Site Notice M – Exhibition Boards N – Questionnaire

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Glossary of Terms

CC CSL Cormac Solutions Ltd DfT Department for Transport The Applicant Cornwall Council A39 Atlantic Highway Improvement The Scheme (Camelford) NMU Non-Motorised User AQMA Air Quality Management Area BCR Benefit Cost Ratio DMRB Design Manual for Roads and Bridges SOBC Strategic Outline Business Case OBC Outline Business Case EIA Environmental Impact Assessment RSA Road Safety Audit SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest Department for Environment, Food and Rural DEFRA Affairs

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1 Executive Summary 1.1 Introduction

To alleviate congestion and air quality issues on the A39 through the town of Camelford, Cornwall Council proposes to provide a 4km road improvement scheme around the north west of the town. It will be a single carriageway road with four roundabouts and will include a viaduct over environmentally sensitive designations and the . The speed limit will be restricted to 60mph with a design speed of 50mph (85kph).

A Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) was submitted to the Department for Transport (DfT) in December 2019 and scheme development funding to progress the scheme was awarded in March and confirmed in June 2020.

The first round of public engagement took place between 24th January 2020 and 16th April 2020 and the results will contribute to the progression of the design that will be submitted in the Outline Business Case (OBC) to the DfT in December 2020. 1.2 Consultation Outcomes

A total of 585 people attended the four exhibitions that were held, with a total of 251 responses received.

74% support the proposed improvement, whereas 21% do not. The remaining 5% of the 251 respondents either did not answer the question or replied ambiguously.

Questions 2 to 6 included a scoring system, that involved a sliding scale with 1 being strongly disagree to 10 being strongly agree.

Questions 2 (the proposal of four separate roundabouts), 3 (a shared use footway / cycleway running alongside the A39), 4 (crossing points at the roundabouts) and 5 (making the road serving the secondary school a “cul-de- sac”) all had a large majority of respondents strongly agreeing with the proposal.

Question 6 (the proposal to stop up the road between Trefrew and Slaughterbridge) had a marginal majority of respondents who strongly disagreed. Furthermore, it had the greatest number of respondents giving a neutral response to the proposal to stop up the road between Trefrew and Slaughterbridge.

On three separate occasions the predominant comment to Questions 3 (a shared use footway / cycleway running alongside the A39), 7 (Requests for changes or additional facilities) and 8 (Suggestions for improvements for the centre of Camelford) was that respondents would like to see an improvement to pedestrian and cycle links in the area.

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1.3 Conclusion

The public consultation was well attended with some 585 people visiting during the four available dates. Overall the proposals received a high level of support, with 74% of attendees expressing support for the scheme. The feedback provided by the 251 respondents will be reviewed and considered as part of the on-going design process.

The public consultation forms part of Cornwall Council’s duties to comply fully with the requirements of the statutory consultation process and will ensure that the issues identified by the consultees have been considered and addressed at an early stage of the Scheme, thus effectively narrowing the issues which may need to be addressed during the remainder of the design process.

Cornwall Council will continue to consult with prescribed consultees and the wider community as the scheme progresses.

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2 Introduction 2.1 Purpose of the report

The report summarises the public engagement that Cornwall Council have undertaken. It provides an overview of the results of the engagement and identifies the feedback to be provide back to the members of the public. 2.2 Structure of the Public Engagement Report

This report is structured as follows:

• Section 3 provides an overview of the historic and informal pre- application engagement which shaped the development of the proposals.

• Section 4 sets out the Councils approach to public engagement. • Section 5 explains the methodology for analysing feedback comments. It describes:

o how the feedback comments were analysed; o how feedback comments were responded to; and o how the findings are presented. • Section 6 provides an overview of the feedback received during the public engagement.

• Section 7 sets out the Applicant’s use of the feedback comments. • Section 8 contains the conclusions.

2.3 The Scheme - Background

2.3.1 There has been long term concern from local MPs, Councillors, residents and the Town Council about the effects on the health and quality of life of residents, of high levels of traffic and poor air quality along the A39 through Camelford.

2.3.2 The Camelford bypass study was undertaken between 1992 and 1994 by the Highways Agency, identifying three routes to be taken to public consultation. The route, which was then progressed, as part of the Cornwall Council major scheme submission in 2001, was the western route with a northern extension which bypassed Camelford and Valley Truckle but did not sever Trefrew from Camelford.

2.3.3 In April 2002, several route options were consulted upon and a preferred route was selected.

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In 2004 an Options report was compiled to discuss the routes and a route was suggested.

Both the selected route in the consultation of 2002 and the suggested route within the report of 2004 have similar routes in that they divert from the A39 at Valley Truckle, travel between Trevia and Camelford and North of Trefrew and re-join the A39 at the lay-by south of Collan’s Cross. Their variations mainly lie within their alignments and junction arrangements.

A scheme was originally developed in the early 2000s. In 2004, a Planning Application to North Cornwall District Council was submitted and in 2005 the application was “Approved with Conditions”, with the route protected from future development.

In 2006, however, Central Government funding was removed when the scheme failed to make the Regional Funding Allocation (RFA) for the period up to 2016. The scheme was subsequently put on hold, pending future funding.

2.3.7 In 2015, serious concerns about air quality came to light and the town was formally declared an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) by DEFRA in January 2017.

2.3.8 In October 2017, a report entitled A39 Camelford High Level Options Report was published by Cormac Solutions Ltd (CSL). It considered several options to assist in resolving traffic problems in Camelford.

2.3.9 The report considered three main options for intervention; a bypass, a Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) diversion route, and modifying and relocating the existing traffic signals in Camelford. Further options such as signing changes, downgrading the road status and a strategic route to were also considered.

It was subsequently determined that local road improvements needed for an HGV route would cost circa £18m. Other issues included the diverted HGVs passing outside both schools and continuing past residents’ houses before re- joining the A39 at Valley Truckle. Given the uncertain success it was decided to continue to pursue the bypass solution.

2.3.11 The report recommended that a bypass was the only truly viable solution to air quality and traffic issues for Camelford and that an Outline Business Case should be developed to assess the economic viability of a bypass. 2.4 The Proposed Scheme

The scheme will improve a stretch of the A39 Atlantic Highway by providing a new route around Camelford.

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Cornwall Council have worked closely with statutory bodies such as the Natural , Cornwall Countryside Access Forum (CCAF), some landowners and local residents during the development of the Scheme. This has resulted in a design which seeks to minimise both the overall footprint of the Scheme and the impact on local communities as much as reasonably practicable whilst still meeting the needs for sufficient capacity to accommodate future traffic growth.

The Scheme is an off-line improvement. The works will include the following:

i) main route alignment; ii) junction and side road arrangements; iii) private accesses; iv) public rights of way; v) signage; vi) drainage; vii) landscaping; viii) footway & cycleway; ix) complementary measures / townscape; and x) accommodation works

The 4km long proposed road will be single lane carriageway, passing to the west of Camelford.

There will be four roundabout junctions along the proposed alignment: Valley Truckle on the A39 to the south; Trevia and Sportsmans providing local connectivity along the route; & Redgate on the A39 to the north. The two roundabouts connecting the new alignment to the existing A39 will be constructed off-line to cause less disruption during construction.

There will be a 180m long and 27m high viaduct at Tregath. This will cross the Camel Valley and other environmental constraints such as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

Drainage basins and swales will be needed to deal with the surface water runoff from the road.

Some local roads will be stopped up.

New Cornish Hedges and vegetation planting will be provided alongside the bypass, junctions and feeder roads to reduce the visual and noise impact.

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Environmental measures will be put in place to mitigate against the impact of the scheme and to provide an environmental enhancement. This will include the planting of woodlands and the reconnection of isolated habitats by providing ecological corridors. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) rules (DEFRA 2.0 assessment matrix) will be used to determine the level of enhancement but a minimum of a 10% biodiversity net gain will be the requirement of Cornwall Council.

Complementary measures will be put in place in Camelford after the new road opens. These will aim to make Camelford a more attractive place to visit, enjoy and do business and will seek to regenerate the town centre.

A 3m wide shared use path for pedestrians, cyclists & equestrians will be provided alongside the new road from Valley Truckle to the Sportsmans roundabout and alongside the feeder roads to the junctions.

Street Lighting will not be provided along the new road. The majority of the road signs will be high reflectivity and unlit. 2.5 Scheme Objectives

The scheme objectives have been derived from the identified problems and opportunities which currently exist on the A39 through Camelford. They are aligned to relevant national and local policies and are listed below:

• To improve safety through Camelford and on the A39 approaches to the town;

• To reduce journey times for traffic accessing Camelford; • To improve journey time reliability for traffic travelling through Camelford on the A39; • To facilitate and unlock potential development and employment opportunities in and around Camelford; and • To address current transport issues without causing significant adverse impact on the natural environment.

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3 Historic Consultations 3.1 1993 Consultation

A public consultation was undertaken by the Secretary of State for Transport in October 1993, with a public exhibition being held on 22nd October and 23rd October 1993.

The leaflet states that the consultation was to discuss the public’s ‘views on possible alternative routes for a bypass of Camelford on the A39 Trunk Road in North Cornwall.’1 A copy of the leaflet can be found in Appendix A.

Unfortunately, the outcome of the consultation was not available to the project team due to the time that has elapsed since it was undertaken. 3.2 2001 Consultation

A public consultation for Camelford Regeneration Proposals was commissioned jointly by Cornwall County Council and North Cornwall District Council in June 2001 with a public meeting being held on the 22nd June and a public exhibition being held on the 19th until the 23rd June 2001.

The consultation dealt with employment opportunities, industrial development and the proposal of building a new road to divert traffic from the centre of Camelford and to service the proposed developments.

A report2, which can be found in Appendix B, was produced by Atlantic Consultants providing information on the outcome of the consultation. The report states that 189 questionnaire forms were completed. 120 respondents agreed with the principle of building a new road, with 62 people disagreeing and 7 neither agreeing nor disagreeing. 3.3 2002 Consultation

An options report3, which can be found in Appendix C, published in April 2002, considered various alternative schemes for Camelford. It concluded that two of the four alternatives should be selected for public consultation. These were the western routes red and green along with three southern variations; yellow purple and blue. See Figure 3.1 below.

1 A39 Camelford Bypass Public Consultation Leaflet, The Department of Transport, 1993 2 Camelford Regeneration Proposals – Public Consultation, Atlantic Consultants, 2001 3 The A39 Camelford Regeneration Distributor Road Options Report (D&MC – Cornwall County Council). Report No: R250/DJB/02, April 2002 EDG1525_A39 Atlantic Highway Review 13 Consultation Report June 2020 Information Classification: PUBLIC

Figure 3.1: Image used in the Public Consultation in 2002 indicating the routes that were consulted on.

A public consultation was undertaken by Cornwall County Council, from March until May 2002, with a public exhibition being held on 18th April and 19th April 2002. The leaflet for the consultation can be found in Appendix D.

A report4, which can be found in Appendix E, was produced in June 2002 providing information on the outcome of the consultation. Within the executive summary of the report, it states that 85% of the 582 respondents supported the principle of providing Camelford with a distributor road.

The report also states that 63% of the respondents preferred the ‘red route’ for the Northern variations.

26% of the respondents favoured the yellow, 26% preferred the blue route, 19% the purple route, 7% had no preference and 18% did not support any of the proposals for the southern variations.

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3.4 2018 Air Quality Action Plan Consultation

Following a public consultation in 2016 held by Cornwall Council, Camelford was declared an Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) by Cornwall Council on 4th January 2017.

In February 2018 a report5, which can be found in Appendix F, was produced by Cornwall Council to provide a draft Action Plan for Camelford for public consultation. The report provided 14 options to improve air quality which were taken to public consultation.

The consultation period ran from 5th February to 2nd April 2018.

A summary6, that can be found in Appendix G was produced following the consultation and stated that ‘clearly most residents and businesses support the option of a bypass’. 3.5 2019 Preparation for Public Engagement

A public engagement exhibition had been arranged to be held from November 2019 until 21 February 2020.

Letters were sent out to 3,538 residents in the area and 58 landowners. The mailouts contained invitations to attend the public exhibitions and the information leaflets.

Site notices were erected informing the public of the engagement exercise and the respective exhibitions that were to be held.

A snap government election was announced to be held 12 December 2019 and as a result Cornwall Council made the decision to postpone the engagement before it began as the Council should refrain from publicity on issues that are potentially politically controversial, or which might be interpreted as providing support for any candidate(s).

Following the decision to postpone, there was insufficient time to contact everyone again. Site notices were erected, and press releases were made to publicise the postponement. The Town Council and Community Network Officer were also used to cascade the information to the general public.

The exhibition was rearranged to be held on the 23rd to the 25th January and on the 4th February 2020 and the public engagement was held from the 24th January until the 16th April 2020.

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4 Public Engagement The public engagement was held between 24th January 2020 and 16th April 2020.

4.2 Requirement for Public Engagement

The consultation has been carried out in line within established Cornwall Council consultation policy.

Table 4.1 below provides details of the notices placed in the local papers to publicise the Public Consultation & Exhibition. A copy of the public notice can be found in Appendix H

Publicity for Public Consultation

Date Publication Description

Week beginning Camelford and Publicity Notice 20th Jan 2020 Delabole Post

Week beginning Camelford Parish Publicity Notice 20th Jan 2020 Magazine

Table 4.1 Publicity for Public Consultation

A mail out to 3,538 residents in the area, as well 58 landowners for the scheme took place week commencing 13 January 2020.

All recipients of the residents mail out received letters of invitation to the public exhibitions, a copy of which can be found in Appendix I.

The landowners received a letter to an Invitation-only Preview Event, a copy of which be found in Appendix J.

It was decided that due to the fact that leaflets had already been sent during the preparation of the cancelled 2019 engagement, the printing of more materials would be avoided as the information remained the same, apart from the exhibition dates which were provided in the letter. The information leaflet can be found in Appendix K.

Site notices (36 in total) were erected in the vicinity of the scheme and the public exhibition venues publicising the engagement. A copy of the site notice can be found in Appendix L.

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Details of the scheme were also made available on the Cornwall Council website www.cornwall.gov.uk/a39camelford and an online facility was created to enable responses to the engagement exercise. The Applicant provided email and telephone details to enable comment on the proposed Scheme, as well as Twitter and Facebook details enabling the public to keep up to date with the proposals. 4.3 Public Consultation Exhibition

The dates, times and location of the exhibitions can be found in Table 3.4 below.

Landowner and Public Engagement Exhibitions

Date Times Venue

23rd January 2020 5pm – 8pm Conference Room, Camelford Hall, Clease Rd, Camelford, PL32 Landowner’s 9QX preview event

24th January 2020 12 noon – 8pm Main Hall, Camelford Hall, Clease Rd, Camelford, PL32 9QX

25th January 2020 10 am – 2pm Main Hall, Camelford Hall, Clease Rd, Camelford, PL32 9QX

4th February 2020 12 noon – 8pm St John’s Church Hall, Delabole, PL33 9AA

Table 4.2 Landowner and Public Engagement Exhibitions

The exhibition boards displayed can be found in Appendix M.

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5 Method of Analysis for Feedback Comments 5.1 Introduction

This Section outlines how the comments received have been compiled and analysed in order to draw out the key themes. 5.2 Analysis of Consultation Feedback

Cornwall Council has adopted a thematic approach to analysing feedback and will follow the same process for analysing feedback as set out in Figure 5.1.

Log Consider Receive feedback Analyse Feedback for feedback and assign Feedback inclusion in unique ref Scheme No. development

Figure 5.1: Feedback Analysis Process

By following the analysis process, monitoring the receipt of responses through the responses log and assigning a unique identifying reference number to each response received, Cornwall Council was able to ensure that no representation was overlooked.

Written feedback was received by letter, email, through online survey and through completed questionnaire, which can be found in Appendix N.

No matter how the feedback was received, Cornwall Council applied the same feedback approach. Prior to analysis, each feedback form was logged and given a unique reference number. To avoid an undue skewing of results by respondents replying more than once feedback was reviewed and instances of repetition recorded.

The questionnaire provided the format for the later analysis of the feedback received. It gave opportunities for both quantitative and qualitative assessment.

Within the questions that had a sliding scale from 1 to 10, 1 was represented as strongly disagree and 10 was strongly agree.

The questionnaire, a copy of which can be found in Appendix N, was divided into the following questions:

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Q1: Do you support the need to improve this length of the A39 and bypass Camelford? If no, please explain why you object.

Q2: The proposed design introduces four separate roundabouts onto the A39, on a scale of 1 to 10, do you agree with this junction strategy?

Q3: The design includes a 3m shared use footway / cycleway running alongside the A39 from Sportsmans Roundabout to Valley Truckle, with links into existing facilities wherever possible. On a scale of 1 to 10, do you agree that this level of provision is suitable?

Q4: Pedestrians and cyclists crossing the A39, will be encouraged to do so at defined crossing points with central islands close to the roundabouts. On a scale of 1 to 10, do you agree that this approach is suitable?

Q5: The proposed design makes the road serving the secondary school and leisure centre as a “cul-de-sac”, preventing through traffic. On a scale of 1 to 10, do you agree with this approach?

Q6: The proposed design stops up the road between Trefrew and Slaughterbridge, where it crosses the bypass. On a scale of 1 to 10, do you agree with this approach?

Q7: Following your review of the proposed design, are there any changes that you would like to see made, or additional facilities provided as part of the scheme?

Q8: As part of the construction of the bypass, money will be made available for highway improvements to the centre of Camelford. As a resident of Camelford, how would you like to see this money spent?

Q9: Do you have any other comments that you would like to make on the project?

The quantitative assessment of the feedback was possible in terms of the numbers of responses received and the format in which the response was received.

The qualitative assessment of feedback broadly analysed the information received against the questions in the form.

Where feedback was received in a form other than the questionnaire, Cornwall Council assessed the feedback against the questions in the form where this was possible. Where it was not, or it was not clear what the respondent’s view on a particular question was then no view on the topic was assigned and the question left blank. The information was then assessed as per the feedback from the questionnaires.

Responses to Question 1 were assessed with a quantitative nature of the yes, no or neutral (both yes and no or no answer) format.

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Responses to the open Questions 2 to 6 were assessed firstly with a quantitative nature of the scale factor with a representation of the amount scored for each scale.

Comments were then arranged into appropriately categorised answers and represented by volume to gauge common themes from the public.

Responses to Questions 7, 8 and 9 were arranged into appropriately categorised answers and represented by volume to gauge common themes from the public. 5.3 Development of our Responses to Feedback

Once the identification and categorisation of the feedback received was complete, Cornwall Council was able to consider how that feedback might influence the development of the Scheme design.

Cornwall Council will have regard to environment, property, planning, community and engineering considerations in considering the responses. This multi-disciplinary approach will enable Cornwall Council to address the feedback and establish which could be incorporated into the Scheme’s design. Cornwall Council will consider how feedback related to design standards, guidance, DfT or Cornwall Council policies and planning considerations and how it fits with the aims of the Scheme. Other aspects, such as cost and benefits or dis-benefits (in the context of the environment and community) will also be considered.

Section 7 of this report set out how Cornwall Council will use the feedback received and how that feedback will influence the Scheme’s design.

In this report Cornwall Council has identified and presented the representations by reference to issue raised.

To ensure compliance with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018 no names have been provided for respondents.

5.4 Presentation of our Findings

The findings are presented in graphical form, for ease of reference. The graphs set out how the public responded to each question on the feedback form and where they remained silent.

Some key themes were also drawn from the more general comments, as many related to a small number of issues.

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6 Analysis of Public Consultation Feedback 6.1 Introduction

The public consultation contained a scheme design for discussion and sought to obtain feedback on and seek opinion on how the route could be improved in order to shape the future design. 6.2 Attendance of the Public Exhibitions

A total of 585 people attended the four exhibitions. The breakdown of which can be seen in Figure 6.1 below:

Figure 6.1: The number of people that attended each exhibition

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6.3 Public Consultation Feedback Received

A total of 251 responses were received. The breakdown of which can be seen in Figure 6.2 below:

Figure 6.2: The numbers and percentage of those who responded to the engagement exercise and the method with which they responded.

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6.4 Question 1

The question presented to the public was; ‘Do you support the need to improve this length of the A39 and bypass Camelford?’.

The key statistics from Question 1 are represented in Figure 6.3 and 6.4.

Figure 6.3 represents the overall outcome of the question asked.

Figure 6.3: The responses received to Question 1

Figure 6.4 shows the responses given for not supporting the improvement arranged into categorised answers.

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Figure 6.4: Total comments made to Question 1. Comments arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall. EDG1525_A39 Atlantic Highway Review 24 Consultation Report June 2020 Information Classification: PUBLIC

6.5 Question 2

The question presented to the public was; ‘The proposed design introduces four separate roundabouts onto the A39, on a scale of 1 to 10, do you agree with this junction strategy?

The key statistics from Question 2 are represented in Figures 6.5 and 6.6.

71 of the respondents strongly agreed with the proposed design giving a score of 10, whereas 39 of the respondents strongly disagreed.

The comments were then arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall.

37 respondents regarded it to create slower safer traffic.

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Figure 6.5 - The responses received to Question 2.

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Figure 6.6- The comments provided for Question 2. Comments arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall. EDG1525_A39 Atlantic Highway Review 27 Consultation Report June 2020 Information Classification: PUBLIC

6.6 Question 3

The question presented to the public was; ‘The design includes a 3m shared use footway / cycleway running alongside the A39 from Sportsmans Roundabout to Valley Truckle, with links into existing facilities wherever possible. On a scale of 1 to 10, do you agree that this level of provision is suitable?’.

The key statistics from Question 3 are represented in Figures 6.7 and 6.8.

79 of the respondents strongly agreed with the proposed design giving a score of 10, whereas 29 of the respondents strongly disagreed.

The comments were then arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall.

45 respondents would like to see the cycle and pedestrian links developed and increased.

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Figure 6.7- The responses received to Question 3

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Figure 6.8 - The comments provided for Question 3. Comments arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall.

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6.7 Question 4

The question presented to the public was; ‘Pedestrians and cyclists crossing the A39, will be encouraged to do so at defined crossing points with central islands close to the roundabouts. On a scale of 1 to 10, do you agree that this approach is suitable?’.

The key statistics from Question 4 are represented in Figures 6.9 and 6.10.

69 of the respondents strongly agreed with the proposed design giving a score of 10, whereas 36 of the respondents strongly disagreed.

The comments were then arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall.

49 respondents would like to see the safety increased feeling that the proposal was dangerous.

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Figure 6.9 - The responses received to Question 4

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Figure 6.10 - The comments provided for Question 4. Comments arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall. EDG1525_A39 Atlantic Highway Review 33 Consultation Report June 2020 Information Classification: PUBLIC

6.8 Question 5

The question presented to the public was; ‘The proposed design makes the road serving the secondary school and leisure centre as a “cul-de-sac”, preventing through traffic. On a scale of 1 to 10, do you agree with this approach?’.

The key statistics from Question 5 are represented in the Figures 6.11 and 6.12.

103 of the respondents strongly agreed with the proposed design giving a score of 10, whereas 31 of the respondents strongly disagreed.

The comments were then arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall.

60 respondents regarded the proposal as providing an increase in safety.

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Figure 6.11 - The responses received to Question 5

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Figure 6.12 - The comments provided for Question 5. Comments arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall.

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6.9 Question 6

The question presented to the public was; ‘The proposed design stops up the road between Trefrew and Slaughterbridge, where it crosses the bypass. On a scale of 1 to 10, do you agree with this approach?’.

The key statistics from Question 6 are represented in Figures 6.13 and 6.14.

56 of the respondents strongly disagreed with the proposed design giving a score of 1, whereas 45 of the respondents strongly agreed.

The comments were then arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall.

45 respondents commented that through access is needed on the road.

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Figure 6.13: The responses received to Question 6

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Figure 6.14 - The comments provided for Question 6. Comments arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall.

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6.10 Question 7

The question presented to the public was; ‘Following your review of the proposed design, are there any changes that you would like to see made, or additional facilities provided as part of the scheme?’.

The key statistics from Question 7 are represented in Figure 6.15.

The comments were then arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall.

29 respondents would like to see the cycle, pedestrian and equestrian links developed and increased.

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Figure 6.15: Comments made for Question 7. Comments arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall.

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6.11 Question 8

The question presented to the public was; ‘As part of the construction of the bypass, money will be made available for highway improvements to the centre of Camelford. As a resident of Camelford, how would you like to see this money spent?’

The key statistics from Question 8 are represented in Figure 6.16.

56 of the respondents would like to see the pedestrian and cycle routes and links improved.

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Figure 6.16: Comments made for Question 8. Comments arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall.

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6.12 Question 9

The question presented to the public was; ‘Do you have any other comments that you would like to make on the project?’.

The key statistics from Question 9 are represented in Figure 6.17.

59 respondents commented on their concern for the town and would like the town centre to be supported.

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Figure 6.17: Comments made for Question 9. Comments arranged into categories and shown by the total number of comments made for each category overall.

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7 Applicant’s Use of Public Engagement Feedback The public engagement gave local residents the opportunity to comment on the key issues relating to the current design of the A39 improvement.

Respondents were able to make a wide range of suggestions to improve the route and were able to identify issues with the designs from their individual perspectives.

The main themes highlighted have been fully considered by Cornwall Council in the development of the Scheme.

Although all requests will not necessarily be included in the design, a process of evaluating and sifting the responses was undertaken to ensure that those that would add benefit to the Scheme are included.

The results of the exercise of reviewing the themed responses can be seen within Table 7.1.

Action Key: C = Change AI = Additional Information NP = Considered but not Progressed NA = No Action (highlighted grey) Action Questions CC Response NP LOCATION OF DESIGN A thorough investigation for design options has Concerns not all been undertaken and the next developmental options have been phase will include option assessments. A report will reviewed. be produced of all the considerations that have been made, this will evidence the omission of any perceived bias. C EXPENSIVE As part of the Strategic Outline Business Case7 Concerns that the (SOBC), a Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) of 1.365 was project is too produced for the Scheme. This does equate to ‘Low expensive Value for Money’ according to the DfT criteria, however, the report does explain that taking into account Cornwall’s sparse population, seasonal traffic conditions and a more detailed investigation on the AQMA it is expected to increase the BCR to a ‘Medium Value for Money’ scheme within the next phase of funding application. (Section 3.9 of SOBC Value for Money). A series of value engineering workshops will be undertaken to try to reduce the costs as much as reasonably possible.

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NP OVER-ENGINEERED The design has been produced to current standards DESIGN of road design as determined by the Design Manual Concerns that the for Roads and Bridges (DMRB), which is appropriate scheme is over for highway schemes of this nature. developed for the needs of the area C CAMELFORD TOWN Complementary measures to improve town centre CENTRE will be included as part of the scheme proposals. As Concerns that part of this public engagement CC was seeking Camelford will be residents’ feedback on how they wanted the town negatively affected centre to be improved. This will also assist in discouraging vehicles in using the Camelford centre as a through route. Furthermore, a thorough signing strategy will be applied for the centre. C TREVIA FOOTBRIDGE The engagement has highlighted the issues raised AND TREFREW of severed communities and a thorough UNDERPASS investigation and development of the design will be Concerns for access reviewed to take the needs of the community into and the isolation of consideration. surrounding communities NP CONGESTION IN THE The proposed improvement is to directly tackle the WIDER AREA congestion issues for the Camelford town centre. Communities outside of Camelford would like their local areas to be addressed AI ENVIRONMENT AND A full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) will ECOLOGY be undertaken for this scheme which involves, Concerns for the among other things, a year of surveys in the area. impact on the The assessment will make recommendations for the environment and construction and comment on the impact of the ecology scheme. Furthermore, all mitigation requirements will need to be adhered to. Continual engagement with statutory bodies will be maintained throughout the development process. AI LANDTAKE All landowners will be consulted on land take. A Concerns for loss of series of value engineering workshops will be land undertaken to try to reduce the footprint of the scheme as much as reasonably possible.

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NA SERVICES & As this is a highway scheme, issues of housing DEVELOPMENTS development are beyond the remit of this report. Concerns that there However, it is recommended that the are not enough Neighbourhood Development Plan for Camelford services in the area for Parish be referred to; any new housing https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/41137926/ctc- developments and that ndp-october-2019-draft-reduced-size.pdf other services are required. AI POLLUTION As part of the EIA, assessments will be undertaken, Concerns over noise this will determine the overall effect of the and visual pollution operation of the Scheme on air quality and visual impact, in relation to both human and ecological receptors. Any mitigation necessary will be undertaken. NP SAFETY The proposed design has taken all current road Concerns that the design standards into account which considers all Scheme is dangerous road users’ safety and it conforms to the DMRB. Road Safety Audits (RSAs) will be undertaken throughout the development phase of the design. C PEDESTRIAN, CYCLIST The consultation has highlighted a high demand for & EQUESTRIAN LINKS more walking, cycling and horse-riding links to be Requests to develop developed and a thorough investigation and and increase links, development of the design will be reviewed to take improve the crossings the needs of the community into consideration. and investigate its Continual engagement with statutory bodies will be safety maintained throughout this development process. AI CONGESTION A full analysis of the transport model will be Concerns that the undertaken, this will predict flows and the design Scheme increases can accommodate any areas of anticipated journey times and congestion. creates congestion C JUNCTIONS & It is important to maintain links to surrounding ROUNDABOUTS communities, the roundabouts enable the proposal Concerns for the to reduce the number of junctions directly number of junctions intersecting with the A39 causing delays and and the necessity of impacting safety. The proposal is still in its them developmental phase and more options are still being considered. NP HGV’S The design vehicle used to design the roundabouts Concerns that large was a 16.5m long articulated Heavy Goods Vehicles, vehicles have not been as stated within the current design standards of the accommodated for DMRB. AI CONSTRUCTION A detailed phased delivery of the construction will Concerns for the be developed to ensure that as little disruption to disruption from the EDG1525_A39 Atlantic Highway Review 48 Consultation Report June 2020 Information Classification: PUBLIC

construction of the the centre of Camelford is experienced as Scheme reasonably possible. C SCHOOL TURNING The design of the turning head is still in the HEAD developmental phase and all options are being Concerns that the considered and concerns will be taken into account. turning head at the school does not involve enough parking and will cause too much congestion and the cul- de-sac will create anti- social behaviour C LIVESTOCK CROSSINGS The issue raised will be investigated further. Concerns for movement of livestock

Table 7.1 - A review of responses

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8 Conclusions Cornwall Council has complied with its policies in respect of the statutory consultation process and in the writing of this report.

The consultation process has presented the opportunity for respondents to influence the final shape of the Scheme proposals. Cornwall Council has also been able to narrow the issues which need to be addressed during the development of the design.

Cornwall Council sees this public engagement as a contribution to the iterative process in relation to the progression of the Scheme. Further engagement will be undertaken with statutory consultees at key stages and will be ongoing throughout the Scheme development with affected persons, landowners and statutory environmental bodies.

The results of the consultation show an overwhelming support for improvement to the A39 in Camelford.

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