Background
The A30 provides a vital link between Penzance and the M5 motorway at Exeter connecting people, businesses and communities. Together with the A38, it is one of the two key roads connecting Cornwall with Devon and counties to the east.
The section between Chiverton and Carland Cross in Cornwall has a dual function, providing both a strategic east-west link and also accommodating local traffic movements, particularly the north-south flow of traffic between communities and workplaces. The section between Chiverton and Carland Cross is the last remaining length of single carriageway between Camborne and the M5 motorway and regularly experiences congestion and delays.
The project will create a new dual carriageway to relieve congestion and improve access between communities, workplaces and local services whilst retaining a route for local access.
The objectives of the scheme are to improve safety, reduce congestion, improve efficiency, unlock economic growth, connect communities, protect the environment and minimise disruption.
Webinar
This webinar will give an overview of the project and progress to date with help of drone footage. The team from Costain will provide an insight into the carbon reduction approaches associated with the A30 project activities and supply chain, which is fundamental in ensuring that the A30 project helps shape UK infrastructure, mitigating and adapting to meet climate change.
The speakers will introduce some of the project innovations, including a proactive behavioural review for the implementation of plant people interface technology, the role out of a smart permit to dig system, a fully UKAS accredited onsite laboratory and plans to adopt a robot dog.
Finally, they will share how the archeological challenges of the project have been managed and show some of the artefacts, such as the flint scatters from the Mesolithic/Neolithic transition period.
The webinar is hosted by ICE South West Truro City Club and supported by ICE Wales Cymru.
