CAMELFORD'S Chamber of Commerce is to continue with its aim to get the A39 diversion signs removed, despite a lack of support from the town council.

The Post last week reported that shopkeepers are calling for the seasonal traffic diversions to be removed in an attempt to attract more people to the town.

Mrs Bonnie Grills, who runs Stephens Home Hardware, approached the town council to support asking Cornwall Council to refrain from setting up the signs, which divert traffic around the town via Slaughterbridge and Valley Truckle.

The council met last Thursday and deputy mayor Cllr Sue Elford, who chaired the meeting in the mayor's absence, suspended standing orders to allow PCSOs Chris Krolik and Terry Groves to speak.

PCSO Groves felt the ongoing highway work on the A30 at Temple, which is reducing the traffic to a single carriageway, will encourage some motorists to take the A39 as an alternative route.

He said it would go on until 2017 and not having diversion signs would cause chaos.

Vehicles parking on the main stretch of road through the town were highlighted as a major problem, as well as speeding heavy goods vehicles.

Cllr Andy Shaw said: "There's a lady who comes into town and parks outside the Spar for at least three hours. That's a distraction and it's chaos."

PCSO Krolik replied: "If traffic has come to a standstill because people have parked on yellow lines, give us a call.

"Eventually the traffic in Camelford does sort itself out. When it comes to double yellow parking it's a Cornwall Council issue so speak to them about getting a traffic warden out here."

For the full report, and a round-up of the area news and sport, see this week's edition of the Post.