Cornwall Council transport
Highways, traffic, parking, public transport and active travel across Cornwall.
Decisions, press coverage and daily-brief activity on transport in Cornwall, drawn together in one place.
Council decisions
Formal decisions classified as transport
- Travel assistance request - Newlyn School, Hayle14 Sept 2026Appeals CommitteeOutcome: Resolved
Travel assistance for a pupil from Hayle to Newlyn School was denied.
- Travel assistance request - Treloweth Primary School, Falmouth14 Sept 2026Appeals CommitteeOutcome: Resolved
The council agreed to pay for transport for a pupil to get to Treloweth Primary School in Falmouth.
- Travel assistance request - Mount's Bay Academy, Penzance14 Sept 2026Appeals CommitteeOutcome: Resolved
The council made a decision on a request to help a pupil get to Mount's Bay Academy in Penzance.
- Travel assistance request - The Roseland Academy, Bodmin14 Sept 2026Appeals CommitteeOutcome: Resolved
The council decided on a request for help with travel costs for a pupil going from Bodmin to The Roseland Academy.
- Travel assistance request - Pencoys School, Helston14 Sept 2026Appeals CommitteeOutcome: Resolved
The council decided on a request to help a pupil travel to Pencoys School from near Helston.
- Travel assistance request - St Just Primary School, Penzance14 Sept 2026Appeals CommitteeOutcome: Resolved
The council decided whether to provide travel help for a pupil going from Penzance to St Just Primary School.
- Submission of 2026/27 Highways Maintenance Transparency Report to Department for Transport2 Sept 2026Individual Decision DayOutcome: Not recorded
The council agreed to send the government its yearly report on how it maintains roads.
- A30 route safety review and improvements21 Jul 2026Cornwall CouncilOutcome: Resolved
We are asking National Highways to urgently review the safety of the A30 between Loggans Moor Roundabout and Treswithian Interchange and install measures like CCTV, barriers, and electronic warning signs.
- Refusal of travel assistance request for Penrice Academy (Par) - first request13 Jul 2026Appeals CommitteeOutcome: Resolved
The council refused the first request for travel assistance for a pupil to get from Par to Penrice Academy.
- Refusal of travel assistance request for Penrice Academy (Par) - second request13 Jul 2026Appeals CommitteeOutcome: Resolved
We refused a second request to help pay for a student's travel to Penrice Academy from Par.
- Refusal of travel assistance request for Penrice Academy (Par) - third request13 Jul 2026Appeals CommitteeOutcome: Resolved
The council refused a third request for help with travel costs for a student from Par to attend Penrice Academy.
- Refusal of travel assistance request for Penrice Academy (Par) - fourth request13 Jul 2026Appeals CommitteeOutcome: Resolved
The council refused a fourth request for travel help for a student from Par to attend Penrice Academy.
- Refusal of travel assistance request for Penrice Academy (Par) - fifth request13 Jul 2026Appeals CommitteeOutcome: Resolved
The council refused a fifth request to help pay for a student's travel from Par to Penrice Academy.
- Refusal of travel assistance request for Threemilestone School (Redruth)13 Jul 2026Appeals CommitteeOutcome: Resolved
The council turned down a request to help pay for a pupil's travel to Threemilestone School from near Redruth.
- Rejection of Tamar Tag monthly fee increase proposal26 Jun 2026Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint CommitteeOutcome: Not recorded
The council decided to postpone the decision on increasing the Tamar Tag monthly fee from 80p to £2 until financial modelling is completed.
In the press
Recent Cornwall transport coverage
- New cameras to help enforce Penzance town centre traffic banCornwall Council16 Sept 2026
New cameras will be introduced in Penzance to help enforce the town centre's traffic ban.
- Changes under consideration for Truro city centre on-street parkingCornwall Council10 Sept 2026
Cornwall Council is considering changes to on-street parking in Truro city centre.
- Check your marks, get set, park: Cornwall Council launches campaign to help Blue Badge holders feel confident using their badgeCornwall Council21 Jul 2026
Cornwall Council has launched a campaign to help Blue Badge holders feel more confident using their badge when parking.
- Average speed cameras to be installed at site of fatal road collisionsCornwall Council29 May 2026
Cornwall Council will install average speed cameras at locations where fatal road collisions have occurred.
- EasyJet to launch Newquay to London Gatwick flights for summer 2026Cornwall Council27 Mar 2026
EasyJet will launch new summer flights between Newquay and London Gatwick starting in 2026.
- Consultation launched on proposals to improve safety on Helston roadCornwall Council27 Feb 2026
Cornwall Council launches consultation on proposals to improve safety on a Helston road.
In the daily briefs
Items from recent daily briefs touching transport
- A30 roadwork chaos addressed as National Highways 'learnt lessons' from 'chaos' - Cornwall Live
cornwalllive.com · 14 Oct 2026
- Cornwall Council road maintenance rated strong but 'still a hazard' - Cornwall Live
cornwalllive.com · Council · 12 Oct 2026
- Cornwall Council needs to 'get a grip' over growing encampment at County Hall - Cornwall Live
cornwalllive.com · Council · 12 Oct 2026
- Sign error directs drivers to city 70 miles away
BBC Cornwall · Council · 9 Oct 2026
- Bid to hold Cornwall Council meeting into changes to school transport in private is slammed as 'farce' - Cornwall Live
cornwalllive.com · 8 Oct 2026
- We're fed up with lorries thundering through our villages, say clay country residents - Cornwall Live
cornwalllive.com · 6 Oct 2026
- BBC Spotlight to film Bugle traffic protest, councillor confirms
Story lead · medium · 4 Oct 2026
- Bugle villagers urged to back councillor's traffic protest today
Story lead · medium · 4 Oct 2026
- Residents rally behind councillor's A30 traffic demo in Bugle
Story lead · medium · 4 Oct 2026
- Truro on-street parking: what the city council told Cornwall Council - Cornish Stuff
Google News Cornwall · Council · 2 Oct 2026