Penzance’s ambitious Sustainable Travel Network is now substantially complete, delivering safer streets, improved walking and cycling routes, enhanced public transport connections and new public spaces across the town. Discover how the £6.5 million investment is transforming the way residents and visitors travel, while creating a greener, more accessible and better-connected Penzance for the future.
Following an unprecedented delay in the delivery of new granite materials last month, the delivery plans for the project were unavoidably revised by CORMAC to focus on the works at the bottom of Market Jew Street. Although this has resulted in less of a workforce presence through the entirety of the street over the past few weeks, such action ensured that the delivery of the scheme could progress whilst the supply issues were addressed.
Penzance is celebrating a key milestone as work is completed on the first two schemes to be delivered as part of the Town Deal funded Sustainable Travel Network project.
Work on the long-awaited scheme to make Market Jew Street and Market Place safer and more attractive and welcoming place for people living, working and visiting the centre of Penzance will begin on Monday, 21 July.
The Cornishman – 29th May
Penzance – May 2025 Work to upgrade Penzance’s gas pipes, as well as improve public spaces and safety for walkers in the town centre, are set to begin in mid-July.
Extensive engagement with the local community has shaped proposals for a ‘Sustainable Travel Network’ in Penzance. The £6.5 million Town Deal and Cornwall Council funded network aims to transform travel in and around the town, creating a fully sustainable network of safe and accessible walking, cycling and functional green and open urban spaces.
Works to improve access for pedestrians and cyclists at Causewayhead and provide a more attractive gateway into Penzance are due to begin on Monday, 6 January.
Plans setting out a series of improvements designed to make the centre of Penzance a safer and more attractive and welcoming place for pedestrians and cyclists are being published for formal consultation on Thursday, 14 November.
Work to provide safer pedestrian access across New Road into Newlyn Green, together with the installation of new signage to help reduce vehicle speeds, is due to begin on Monday, 18 November.
