Bus-only roads, banned traffic movements, and a park-and-ride site have been proposed by the Duchy of Cornwall, to make an 800-home extension of Newquay ‘a sustainable urban village’.
Local landowner, the Duchy, submitted a ‘sustainability strategy’ for the growth area to local planning authority Restormel last week, which seeks to minimise car use and carbon emissions and assuage concerns over the development’s impact. The proposals, including a public transport hub located north of the A392 bounding the south of the development area, received a warm welcome from Friends of the Earth. This would provide 600 parking spaces for new and existing residents and visitors – including as a drop-off for a nearby holiday park – and reduce traffic in the centre of Newquay.
Its location, close to the railway station, ‘offers the opportunity for integration with train services’. Rat-running from the development into existing streets would be prevented by banning traffic turning from two new junctions into the existing roads. Walking and cycling journeys would be encouraged by creating a permeable street network, where dead-ends were avoided. A bus-only road would be provided west of the growth area, avoiding the existing congested Henver Road. Friends of the Earth director, Tony Juniper, said the proposals were inspirational. ‘The plans demonstrate what is possible. Sustainability really can be at the heart of a large development.’
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