St Just Town Council News

The road at Truthwall should be opened at the end of the day on Friday 30 June, if not before.

Works are due to begin next Monday (5 June) and are expected to be completed in three weeks maybe sooner if all goes well.

A minibus will do an hourly shuttle service so that residents in Carnyorth and Botallack are not without public transport. The shuttle will run to St Just to link up with the service provider and will run for the duration of the closure.

Signage, regarding buses and road closure, will be placed in appropriate places locally so that communication is not just on-line.

The timetable has just been released and can be viewed and downloaded below:

Due to the number of enquiries by Towns and Parishes, Cornwall Council has issued a plan detailing their approach:

Information for the West Penwith area along with proposed dates can be found on pages 21 – 22 of the above PDF document.

Cornwall Council has also put together a 20mph speed limit website which may help with specific queries: Cornwall Council’s speed limit website.

The transfer of the Carnyorth Outdoor Education Centre from Cornwall Outdoors/Cornwall Council to the Aspire Academy Trust was completed at Easter 2023. The opportunity to preserve and develop a residential facility is vital to ensuring primaries are still able to access affordable school camps in a safe and well managed environment, and we are delighted to welcome Carnyorth Education Centre as the second Aspire Outdoors setting within the trust.

More on this news update »Carnyorth Education Centre Officially Joins the Aspire Academy Trust

Any untaxed SORN vehicles can now be reported directly to the DVLA. Once they have received the report they will issue a fine to the registered keeper & the vehicle will go on a list for the DVLA Clamping Unit to Clamp it when they are next in the area.

The Link can be used by anybody to report untaxed/ SORN vehicles.

           Report an untaxed vehicle – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The Nancherrow Youth Project is hosting an open evening on 23rd May at 6pm.

This is a chance for our young people to showcase some of their recent artwork. Committee members will also be there to discuss the Project’s future plans.

Refreshments will be available and music by Ocean Town.

The road will be open this weekend with traffic lights in operation.

It will be closed again on Tuesday 2 May to allow engineering searches to be undertaken. The road should then be open again by Friday 5 May. Buses are now taking a circular route via Botallack.

Ensuring hedgehogs can pass freely through your garden is one of the most important things you can do to help them.

Why do hedgehogs need holes in fences?

Hedgehogs travel around one mile every night in their active season in their quest to find enough food and a mate. If you have an enclosed garden you might be getting in the way of their plans.

One of the main reasons hedgehogs are struggling in Britain is because our fences and walls are becoming more and more secure, reducing the amount of land available to them.

What can we do to help?

We can make their life a little easier by removing the barriers within our control – for example, by making holes in or under our garden fences and walls for them to pass through. A 13cm x 13cm hole in your garden wall or fence will let hedgehogs through but will be too small for most pets. This is known as a hedgehog highway.

This hedgehog highway allows hedgehogs to forage for food, meet mates to breed and access nesting sites. This is essential in the battle to prevent the extinction of our endangered spiky friends.

That’s why St. Just Town Council has become part of the Hedgehog’s R Us Hedgehog Highway Project.

You can pick up a free hedgehog highway surround for your wall or fence from the Town Council staff at the Library (Monday to Wednesday, 9am-2pm).

You can then add your Hedgehog Highway information to the Big Hedgehog Map website which shows how many hedgehogs have been sighted or hedgehog holes created in your area.

For information on Hedgehog care please contact the Hedgepigs and Hoglets website or use their Facebook page.

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 S.14: Temporary Prohibition of Traffic

Location:       B3306 Truthwall Mineshaft

Timing:           22nd April 2023 to 5th May 2023 (19:00 to 23:59 hours)

Reason for Emergency Closure: Works to mineshaft opened in road

Contact:          Cormac Solutions Ltd  – Tel: 0300 1234222

The above closure has been approved and is now in progress.   Please click the following link to view a map and associated documents:

View on https://one.network/?tm=133884489

The report has been commissioned by the Town Council through Town Vitality funding was accepted by the council at their council meeting on 17 April 2023.

To view the report please use the embedded PDF below. If you prefer, a link to download the report to your device is also available.