Plans to make the area around Higher Stennack in St Ives safer and more welcoming for local people and visitors have been published for statutory consultation.  

The scheme is being funded by the St Ives Low Carbon Transport Strategy which aims to reduce the impact of vehicles on St Ives and introduce measures that encourage walking, cycling and the use of public transport.  It is being delivered by Cornwall Council in partnership with the St Ives Town Deal Board.

Proposals include the installation of an informal crossing point between the mini-roundabouts, providing a new seating and cycle parking area and replacing one set of speed cushions with a flat top hump to make it easier to cross the road at this point. 

Other improvements involve moving two streetlights to ensure signs are visible and open up more space for pedestrians, replacing the paving at crossing points with dropped kerbs and installing correctly aligned tactile paving. These changes will help people with visual impairments and make it easier and safer for those with pushchairs or in wheelchairs to cross the road.

An earlier suggestion to change the layout of the junction and remove the mini roundabouts was reconsidered following feedback from the public. The current plans reflect the views of the local community.

Plans are also being developed to update signs in the area as part of a wider sign strategy. This will be published for consultation later this year as part of an experimental traffic order (ETRO).

The statutory consultation is being led by Cormac in partnership with the St Ives Low Carbon Transport Strategy project team. Feedback will be used to inform the final designs.  

For details of the plans, including maps and drawings, and to take part in the consultation please visit the transport consultation section on Cornwall Council’s Let’s Talk site : https://letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk/higher-stennack-st-ives-town-deal

Responses can also be provided via email at [email protected] or by post to Infrastructure Design Group, Cormac Consultancy, Radnor Road, Scorrier, Redruth, TR16 5EH. When emailing or responding by post, please quote the following scheme reference   Infra24-156. 

The deadline for responses is 4 June.

Subject to the results of the consultation, work on implementing the changes is is currently scheduled to begin in early October.