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A39 Trispen Renewal Scheme
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Cornwall
Renewal of the key arterial route connecting Truro with the A30 strategic trunk road, improving the future
resilience of this critical section and supporting over £200m committed capital investment secured to upgrade
connectivity of the adjacent trunk road and accelerate growth in housing and employment in the City.
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Isles of Scilly
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Padstow
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Wadebridge
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Carland Cross
Newquay
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Carland
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A39 Trispen Renewal Scheme
Project value: £6.32m Year 2015-16
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St Austell
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• Funders – Maintenance Challenge Fund £5.22m/
Cornwall Council £1.1m
A30
A30
A39
A30
Why?
A390
Truro
St Ives
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Redruth
Camborne
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Renewal of reflective signing
Falmouth
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Helston
Geographical
impact of
the scheme
£120m Carland
to Chiverton
improvement
8 km
route
13,000
vehicles
per day
A39
Direct
Indirect
£6.32m
maintenance
bid
Trispen
Opportunities for cycle
improvement
A30
Trispen
• Key arterial route connecting Truro with the A30
Trunk road
• Critical section of network carrying over 13000
vehicles a day
• A prolonged history of remedial patching works
and minimal treatment has led to need for major
intervention
• Key section supporting over £180m committed
investment in the A30 trunk road network and
over £20m committed investment into Truro City
network supporting housing and employment
growth
• Service new park and ride site from north.
• Funding presents opportunity to adopt focused
asset management led scheme and deal with
issues such as drainage, VSF, passive safety and
cycle provision.
Scheme includes
Chiverton
A30
To
Penzance
Western Park and
Ride - 1,200 spaces
A390
£20m Truro east
and west corridor
improvements
Eastern Park and Ride
1,300 spaces
Truro
A390
Realignment of merge areas
would improve safety
To
St Austell
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Refurbishment of drainage system
Vehicle Safety Fencing
Passive safety features such as bike guards
On line realignment to mitigate pinch points
and poor horizontal alignment
• On and off carriageway cycling provision
Outcomes
How the Maintenance Challenge Fund
builds on committed investment
Proposed
Committed
BCR=1.1
Housing/employment
growth
Improved journey time reliability.
To Falmouth A39
Improved drainage systems
Reduced interruptions due to extreme weather
events.
A30 Carland to
Chiverton £120m
Truro Eastern Park and Ride £8m
Truro Western Corridor £12m
Increased commuter cycling.
Reduced noise impacts.
A39 Trispen renewal £6.32m
A30 Temple £60m
Reduced accidents.
Ability to divert maintenance funding to other
routes in Cornwall Council.
Truro
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Passive safety features will be
installed where appropriate
February 2015