Archive for category: Roadworks and Traffic

August 2025 update
We’re currently carrying out an extensive programme of work to upgrade the technology in and around the tunnel, including the control system. This update of the systems will future-proof the structure for many years to come.

Scheme update
We’re progressing phase one of our works as we continue our major upgrades to the A38 Saltash Tunnel.

Piling works and concrete foundations are now complete. This paves the way for installation of four, eight by nine-metre gantries at the end of August. The new gantries will house electronic information signs displaying live traffic and travel information.

The ducts underneath the road that will eventually house the new cabling, are in place. The team are continuing their works to pull huge swaths of cabling through the tunnel to the bridge and out to the separate control buildings.

Switch to rail, this September!
As a result of close collaboration between National Highways and Great Western Railway (GWR), GWR have been able to commit to a limited number of temporary additional train calls at Saltash (up to 29 train calls per day) for the duration of the tunnel works to help ease congestion in the area. For the residents of Saltash, this means more trains than ever offering a 10-minute journey time into Plymouth for as little as £2.75 if you hold a railcard.

For customers from South East Cornwall wanting to avoid the extra journey time by road this autumn, Park & Ride car parking capacity is available at Liskeard Station, with every train stopping throughout the day and non-stop trains taking only 25 minutes to reach Plymouth, offering the potential for significant journey time savings during the works.

August Bank Holiday
Work on the Saltash Tunnel scheme will stop over the bank holiday weekend. Speed restrictions and traffic management will remain in place. Work will pause on Friday morning at 6am until Tuesday at 8pm.

September Westbound resurfacing scheme
National Highways are undertaking resurfacing of the A38 between St Budeaux and the Tamar Bridge Toll Plaza from the 1 to 26 September, overnight on weekdays. Please be aware that a new road layout will be in force, more information is available at www.nationalhighways.co.uk/sw-maintenance , under A38 St Budeaux to Tamar resurfacing. The Saltash Tunnel Scheme will be paused at this location during this time and will resume on the 1 October.

Further scheme background
For up-to-date travel information, please check our travel alerts page or visit Traffic England.

Please note that as with any complex scheme, dates are subject to change.

As we move through the scheme, dates will be announced and kept up to date on our dedicated webpage. Please check online for the latest information. You can also sign up via the webpage to receive notifications when new information has been added.

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Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 S.14: Temporary Prohibition of Traffic
Location: Raphael Road, Lansallos
Timing: 30th June 2025 to 1st July 2025 (08:30 to 15:30 hours, weekdays only)
Contact: Sunbelt Rentals on behalf of Openreach – Tel: 03700 500 792
The above closure has been approved. Please click the following link to view a map and associated documents:
https://one.network/?tm=142844234
Applicants are reminded that they have undertaken to notify all interested parties known to be directly affected by the closure including, if appropriate, bus companies and all frontagers on the length of the road such as local residents and businesses as well as other traders who may have to make deliveries and/or collections in the area. Applicants and contractors are also reminded that they are responsible for the provision, erection, maintenance and removal of all necessary signing.
Kind regards,
Streetworks
Transport and Infrastructure Service
Cornwall Council
Tel: 0300 1234 222

Update on LYNHER refit

9 April 2025

Torpoint ferry LYNHER has been successfully moved into drydock in Falmouth, enabling work to begin on the refit.

The refit process is expected to take up to eight weeks to complete.  With strong winds preventing the ferry from being moved into drydock last week as expected, this may result in a change to the planned refit schedule and the vessel’s return to service.

We will be working closely with A&P Falmouth to manage the refit programme and ensure that the ferry returns to service as quickly as possible.

During the refit period the service is being provided by the two remaining ferries, one leaving each side of the river every 15 minutes (on the hour and 15, 30 and 45 minutes past the hour), between 06:30 and 22:00 and a single half hourly, night service ferry from 2200 to 06:30.

Regular updates on the service are being provided on the Tamar Crossing’s website and social media channels.