That's it. After four years, a global pandemic, a scorching summer and far too much rain, closures, a six-month delay and lengthy diversions, the A30 is finally open. The 8.7 mile former bottle neck between Carland Cross and Chiverton Cross is no more.
Instead, a brand new £330m dual-carriageway has replaced it, its tarmac all shiny and clean. National Highways and its contractor Costain said ancillary work will continue for the next six months to finish off access roads, slip roads, junctions, bridges and tunnels, signage as well as a few more miles of Cornish hedges and all the planting that still needs to be done, but all in all, you can drive from Carlisle to Camborne at 70mph before the road drops back to one lane for the last 15 miles or so to Penzance.
Local residents and holidaymakers have already been driving on parts of the A30 as various trunks have opened in the last two years. But it was always single-lane and lined with traffic cones. Until yesterday (Monday, June 24), you didn't travel along the A30 between Carland Cross and Chivvy. You crawled along at top speeds of 30mph. At times it was so slow you could have walked faster.
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