Council Vote On LTE
Full Town Council Meeting

We were recently informed by Councillor Andrew Mitchell that “At Thursday’s full council meeting it was confirmed that although there will be no physical barriers,  the 11am - 4pm restriction on access to Downalong is still going ahead!”

“The recored [sic.] vote was 2 against,  7 for and 2 abstentions. That will be in the minutes with names.”

(Regarding how it would be enforced.) “I got no reply to that question!”

The agenda published on the Town Council website here gave no indication this was happening & in fact the only item of business mentioned appeared to exclude press & public. 

We’ve extracted from the minutes (now available in full here) the relevant parts of this resolution, including plans on “changing behaviour”, “community engagement” and the phrase “legitimate access”. 

“The strategy was for interventions on the outer edge of St Ives – the outer ring with signage on the A30 and links to the Twenty’s Plenty policy.

• Priorities for the town centre were to create a more accessible space for pedestrians

• Proposals for the Town included a new low traffic environment (LTE)

• A key aim was to change behaviours, especially amongst day visitors by making changes to visitor parking which did not draw people through the town.

• 12 Vivacity cameras would be installed to create a baseline and map modes of transport, providing robust data of the measures which are implemented to inform further changes

• Options for Library Corner traffic control were still being explored but ultimately must be safe.

• The LTE would introduce seasonal time restrictions, unless access was required for legitimate access*

• There would be no physical or enforcement solutions at this stage. Rising bollards were not being progressed and Cornwall Council did not currently have enforcement powers. The aim was to achieve changes through changing behaviours. All the measures within the project were currently being refined and subject to assessment by the Highway Authority.