New road on schedule to be completed next year
Langarth’s Northern Access Road will have a 20 mph speed limit to provide a safer environment to maximise sustainable transport
Last updated 29th Aug 2024
One of Cornwall's new developments - which will provide 4000 homes near Truro - is running to schedule and on budget, according to the council.
The first stage of building the Northern Access Road for Langarth is expected to be completed by next year.
It will have a 20 mph speed limit to provide a safer environment to maximise sustainable transport - and eventually the site will offer sport and leisure facilities, schools alongside housing.
When it opens, it will be re-named as Fordh Langarth, with the major spine road set to run West to East through Langarth Garden Village.
It will provide access to the development plots and a route from the A390 through Langarth to the Royal Cornwall Hospital Treliske.
It's been funded by Homes England, and designed and constructed by CORMAC - and is set to cost £47.5 million when it's complete.
Olly Monk, Cornwall Council portfolio holder for housing and planning, said: "We said at the start of the Garden Village project that we were going to create a community rather than just providing housing at Langarth.
"This means delivering key infrastructure in the early stages of the scheme. The construction of this road opens up the whole site, providing access for the development of the village centres and community facilities as well as the new homes from day one.”
Designs for the project were first drawn up all the way back in 2019, with the first phase running between the new West Langarth roundabout on the A390 to the Threemilestone park & ride - and construction now well underway, having formally started last March.
Work has progressed sequentially across the site, with the new West Langarth roundabout now partially opened to allow construction of the south side of the roundabout and also complete the Saints Trails network connecting St Agnes to Threemilestone.
Around 100 people are currently on site or have been involved in the construction of Fordh Langarth - including a number of resident ecologists and environmental specialists who have been working to protect the impact of the works on wildlife and increase bio-diversity.
CORMAC have also worked with local schools and colleges to provide opportunities for young people to learn new skills, with apprenticeships offered in areas such as construction, building and engineering.
Work on Phase Two, which runs between Threemilestone park and ride and the hospital, started in April 2024 - and now the final construction is set to have been completed by the end of 2025.
You can view a short film about the project here: https://youtu.be/NJjQ5vpp6oM
There's also plenty more on the access road on the Cornwall Council website.