A new £47.5m road, connecting the A390 near Threemilestone to the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske on the outskirts of Truro, has officially opened.
While it has been welcomed as a “major milestone” in the delivery of the new Langarth Garden Village – effectively a new town the size of Wadebridge – some neighbouring residents have concerns, says Cornwall Live.
The Northern Access Road (NAR) – officially named Fordh Langarth – was opened yesterday afternoon (Monday, May 11). It runs for 3.5km and is designed with a 20mph limit and a 3.5m-wide segregated cycle track and pavements.
It runs parallel to the A390, connecting the new West Langarth roundabout to the hospital’s existing estate roads and Penventinnie Lane to the rear of Treliske.
Cllr Dulcie Tudor, who represents Threemilestone at Cornwall Council, has welcomed Fordh Langarth as a “major milestone” and a “major piece of infrastructure” and believes it will ease traffic on the busy A390 into Truro.
However, she has addressed issues raised by people living in the area.
“I have had concerns come in from people living in the back lanes around the edge of Langarth and down Penventinnie Lane that the knock-on effects will be people using this road being tempted to turn off into the back lanes and it will affect traffic flow there.
“I’ve received an assurance from the portfolio member for transport [at Cornwall Council] Dan Rogers that as people start using this road the traffic will be monitored, including on those back lanes.”
Cllr Tudor added she will continue holding officers and planners to account on the delivery of the Langarth Garden Village development and it “reaches its original promise otherwise none of this will have been worth it”.
Langarth is a major development project led by Cornwall Council designed to create a new community of 8,000 to 10,000 residents near Threemilestone. It intends to deliver around 3,550 high-quality, energy-efficient homes, with 35 per cent designated as affordable, alongside schools, health facilities and extensive green spaces over 20 to 25 years.
(Picture: Cornwall Council)
