Changes to Camborne scheme shows 'democracy has worked'
'Stop-go town'
The changes to the town centre are one of nine projects in Camborne funded through the £23.7m awarded by the previous government as part of its Town Deal.The scheme also involves enhancing Commercial Square around the water fountain and installing new CCTV and lighting to improve safety as well as more greenery and trees.Ian Herbert runs a mobile phone shop on Trelowarren Street and was one of those concerned about the original scheme."It's very much a stop-go town," he said. "People drive down, find a space, jump out, do whatever they need to do, then drive off. "It's really important we keep that flow. Most of our customers still use a car and they want to park as close to where they are going to shop as possible."
The scheme would see three additional pedestrian crossings installed on Trelowarren Street to improve safety. John Cosgrove, vice-chair of the Camborne Town Deal Board, said he hoped it would make the road slower for motorists."One of the effects of this, we believe, will be to encourage those who are not coming to shop to go round a different way and not come along Trelowarren Street," he explained.He conceded changes to divert more traffic away from the town centre had been dropped because of traders' concerns."They wanted the on-street parking and to make sure cars could still come in to the town," he said. "Maybe we had worked too hard to make this a place where pedestrians would be safe and that would have affected access if we'd gone ahead with those proposals. "People wanted something slightly different. Democracy has worked," he added."It will make Camborne better."
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