A30 Temple - Higher Carblake

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Scheme Outline

Upgrade of the remaining single carriageway section across Bodmin Moor to dual two-lane standard. Grade separated junctions will be provided at Temple and Pounds Conce near Millpool. Part of the upgrade will be off-line.

Project Statistics

Cost
Unknown
Finance
Central Government/TPI
Estimated duration of works
Unknown
Length of new road
3 miles

Progress

Summer 2004
Highways Agency announce their intention to go ahead with the scheme.
May 2006
Local press announces that the scheme has been cancelled, to much local annoyance.
July 2006
The scheme has been postponed for at least ten years by the South West Regional Assembly, who have described it as 'low priority'.
January 2007
The Highways Agency's website confirms that the scheme is "unlikely to be funded before 2016 at the earliest".

More information

Website:
www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/3507.aspx

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With thanks to Mark, John Barclay, Peter Pearce and Chris Williams for information on this page.