A Record of Action….A Promise of More!

• We have funded £29 million rail improvements across Cornwall, and £111 million in road improvements since 2005.
• Our introduction of Truro Park and Ride means no more struggling to find a parking space – and the Real Time Passenger Information service we installed alongside it means passengers always know how far away the next bus is. This has helped contribute to a 19% increase in the number of bus journeys taken in the past year alone.
• When the Government closed RAF St.Mawgan, Liberal Democrat led Cornwall County Council stepped in with £28 million to keep open and modernise Newquay Airport - preventing the loss of 3000 local jobs, and extending flights to many more destinations.
• To cut congestion, we successfully campaigned for the A30 dualling at Goss Moor and the A38 Dobwalls Bypass. We have recently won the campaign for A30 dualling at Temple.
• We are piloting the extension of “child fares” to 16 – 19 year olds to cut car use and help young people get to training, education and work whilst they are on low or no income.

The Lib Dem Guarantee

• We will provide “10p first hour” parking (which we pioneered in Caradon) across at least one car park in every Cornish town and city, to keep our town centres alive and allow our shopkeepers to compete with out of town stores.

• We will roll out our successful Truro Park and Ride scheme to larger towns across Cornwall wherever practical.

• We will integrate public transport timetables, linking up bus and train services wherever possible, and invest in improving both services.

• Liberal Democrats will refocus Cornwall Council transport strategy towards supporting better high speed rail links and other low carbon transport solutions.

• We will campaign regionally and nationally to win funding to dual Cornwall’s A30 on the dangerous and congested Carland-Chiverton section and press for the Temple-Higher Carblake dualling project to be delivered promptly.

Compare the difference!

• In office the Conservatives repeatedly cancelled plans to complete dualling of the A30 at Goss Moor and Dobwalls, leaving a legacy of massive congestion, plus they disastrously privatised the railways and cut rail investment.

• In a recent press statement the Labour government relegated every train service west of Bristol to ‘branch line’ status, with no firm commitment to new generation high speed trains for the South West when the Intercity 125s come to the end of their working lives.