PEOPLE are being urged to have their say on proposed highways improvements for Callington, which are now on display in the town hall.

Callington Town Council hopes the scheme will be widely supported after previous proposals hit stumbling blocks from a lack of support.

The work is being paid for by Tesco through an agreement with Cornwall Council with the intention of bringing more shoppers into town.

Cllr Andrew Long said public consultations in 2010 and 2011 resulted in two conclusions — that a one-way system to divert traffic away from Fore Street had very little support, especially among local traders, and the people of Callington were overwhelmingly in favour of a pedestrian crossing over the A388.

The latest proposals, which have been supported by the town council, have been put together by a working group consisting of traders, councillors and community leaders.

Abandoning the one-way system, they proposed the following improvements:

l Replacing the zebra crossing in Fore Street with 'uncontrolled' pedestrian crossing points

l limited waiting bays along the north side of Fore Street

l disabled bays outside the chemist in Fore Street

l widening the footway at specific locations in Church Street

l limited waiting bays in Well Street

l replacing the disused taxi bays outside the town hall with limited waiting bays

l limited waiting bays to have a one-hour duration.

Further benefit to pedestrians will be provided by widening the footways on the corners of Back Lane with Fore Street and Tavistock Road.

Two minor restrictions will be necessary for this solution to work, left turns out of Fore Street will be prohibited to avoid conflict between pedestrians and turning traffic and right turns from Back Lane into Fore Street will also be prohibited to help keep traffic moving through the junction.

The consultation period will run until the end of the year and the construction of the scheme, if supported, is anticipated in spring 2013.

In a previous article in the East Cornwall Times Callington Portreeve Jeremy Gist said he was disappointed it had taken so long to come back with a finalised plan but it was better to take longer and make it right than to go ahead with something people were not happy with.

He is hoping as many residents as possible go along and look at the plans.

A sum of £145,000 for a traffic scheme to enhance Callington was secured through the Tesco development but that has been reduced because of redesigns and consultations.