FOLLOWING Cornwall Council’s town parking review last year, work has started to help improve parking in seven towns, including Bude, reflecting feedback from residents.

Changes will include a reduced evening permit price, the introduction of yellow lines and new residents’ parking schemes.

A broad parking review, completed last year, has shaped the council proposing different schemes to best meet the needs of each town.

Since April, the council has been working to finalise the designs for each of the towns.

The first phase of the works, which includes further statutory Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) consultations, will include yellow lines and new waiting restrictions in Bude, Penzance, Newquay, Falmouth and Penryn, as well as the first residents’ parking scheme in Penryn. Residents’ parking schemes are also proposed for St Ives, Truro and Wadebridge, but are still awaiting confirmation of capital funding before the works can be commissioned.

One of the issues identified through the parking review was a lack of on-street overnight space in some of the towns. To help alleviate this the council plans to reduce the evening parking permit price, in long-stay car parks where evening charges apply, from £150 to £50.

More information about the parking schemes and programme of work is available on the council’s website at www.cornwall.gov.uk/parkingreview. The parking plans and information about how people can comment on them are available on the council’s roads and traffic consultation website at www.cornwall.gov.uk/TrafficConsult