Looe Valley Trails

The Looe Valley Trails project is working closely with a number of other projects looking to enhance active travel for the communities of South East Cornwall. One of those is the Liskeard Cycling and Walking Network project which is looking to deliver improvements throughout Liskeard for non-motorised users.

The Liskeard Cycling and Walking team are currently seeking your views and we would encourage you to share your thoughts with the team. This will help to shape the future of not only this scheme, but the Looe Valley Trails project as well where the routes are in and around Liskeard.

Sustrans has been commissioned by Liskeard Town Council to provide a comprehensive Local Walking and Cycling Infrastructure Plan for the town. This will include detailing potential walking and cycling routes and network options to encourage the community and visitors to move more sustainably around the town and its surroundings. The exercise will include analysis of the current situation, consultation with stakeholders and detailed recommendations and plans which can be used as the basis of funding bids.

To be able to engage more fully and inclusively we have developed a digital Community Mapping Tool for the public and stakeholders. Participants are then able to comment on the local area, identifying barriers to walking and cycling. The GDPR-compliant mapping software allows users to leave as many comments as they like, whilst identifying unique participants and other demographic data, for the purposes of evidencing engagement.

We want to ask you to identify on the map:

• Main physical barriers to walking, cycling and wheeling in the area e.g. major roads and junctions, railways, etc.
• Potential cycle routes to connect the key origins and destinations within the area
• Potential walking zones where there is a high pedestrian activity e.g. high streets, schools, busy pedestrian crossings, etc.

If you would like to participate, please click on the link below.

Liskeard cycling and walking network | Sustrans Community Mapping

How to use the tool:

Step 1: Locate and click on the map where you would like to add a comment and then click “Add point”

Step 2: Log in with Google or Facebook

Step 3: Choose between ‘Barrier’, Potential Cycle Route’ or Potential walking zone’ and then add a comment/description if required. Click save

Step 4: Answer the user’s questions. Click save

That’s it! You can add as many ‘points’ as required. Your responses are anonymous.

You can also see other people’s comments and click on “ Like this comment” if you like/ support a comment. There is an example comment at Liskeard Hillfort Primary School already posted to get an idea of the type of comments/ responses.

Please feel free to share the map link with your network.

We have published details of the recommended route between Looe and Cremyll and want to hear YOUR views.

You can see a leaflet about the recommended route and a press release in our documents section .

You can also watch a short video about the route here https://youtu.be/cirw9-03_ww

Take a look in our Documents sections to see our third newsletter . This provides information about what has been happening with the project over the past few weeks as well as the next steps.

The Chair and Vice Chair of the new Design Panel have been appointed - visit our documents page to read the press release and find out more . You can also watch a short film with the new Chair and Voce Chair talking about their roles.

Take a look in our Documents sections to see our second newsletter. This provides information about what has been happening with the project over the past few weeks as well as the next steps.

Thank you to everyone who expressed an interest in taking part in our new Design Panel.

We had a positive response to the invitation and have held a preliminary meeting of the Panel, with representatives of the main Town Councils, Community Network Panels and the Looe Development Trust (who were the originators of the Looe Valley Trails project). Members discussed the rules of the group as well reviewing the applications received from the wider community.

We have identified a number of new members to join the panel who will represent the communities in which they live. However it is vital for the Panel to represent all the communities the project will serve and there is currently a potential gap in the representation of young people and those with different needs.

To address this we have reserved two seats for these groups and are now actively seeking people to come forward to join. If you would like to get involved, please contact us at LVT@cornwall.gov.uk

The first full meeting of the Design Panel is due to take place during the next few weeks. This will start to look in detail at different elements of the scheme. We will be providing feedback on the meeting on the Let’s Talk site and in future newsletters.

Take a look in our Documents sections to see our first Newsletter. This will provide some additional information about the project and will be a regular feature going forwards.

We are establishing a Design Panel which will provide representatives of the local community with a direct say on how the design of the project is developed.

We are looking for enthusiastic people that can represent their community in helping to shape the design of the project. No experience is necessary, but may be advantageous – the main thing is to be interested in helping to support the successful delivery of the project. We want the Panel to be inclusive and provide a positive representation of the communities the project will serve, so are actively seeking are actively seeking a diverse set of people. The selection of the remaining 6 posts will also consider geographic coverage and diversity/inclusion as part of the responses.

The application process is simple, please provide a written response to the following questions with a maximum of 200 words for each question:

1. Explain why you would like to join the Looe Valley Trails Design Panel?

2. Describe what experience and skills you have to support the development of the design of this project?

3. How will you support the positive progress of the project through communicating with others outside of the project?