So now the residents of the enclosed area will have Private Roads maintained and paid for by people who pay taxes and will be barred from driving down them. And that means their property prices will go up as well. Also people who use taxis from RCH to shortlanesend and visa versa will have to go the more costly way. What more ridiculous ideas have the council got pipeline.

Although a good idea in principle, the measures in practice appear to have passed the problem on to others.

As others have commented, Truro City Centre has seen noticibly Increased traffic, including in its residential areas. I live on St. Georges Road and have noted a huge increase in morning commuter / school run traffic, on what used to be a relatively quiet road. The general Kenwyn area appears to be similarly affected.

These quiet lanes have clearly absorbed traffic from main routes over time, and allow some traffic to bypass existing high traffic areas, helping to regulate overall capacity. Ending their use completely for this purpose means causing other issues elsewhere.

I hope the council will consider this impact and monitor it over the duration of the scheme. Perhaps alternative measures can be conceived that don't result in this zero sum game.

I used the lanes daily to take my child to school. This trial has doubled our commute which used to be half an hour each way. My two year old daughter is also in the car so we are now travelling for four hours per day which seems ridiculous.

I have used those lanes for five years, alongside other families and NHS staff who access the hospital. I do not understand the timing of this trial when the county is already under pressure from visitors and the roadworks on the A30. Why penalise locals who are just trying to go about their daily lives? There must already be consequences at the under-pressure Treliske as people struggle to access it on time for work and for appointments.

I completely agree with the environmental argument. During all the time I’ve used the lanes, I rarely see walkers or cyclists, (I suspect this is partly as they are not that accessible, with little access to parking and very steep inclines). However I suspect leisure users are much more inclined to use them during the day so why not introduce a timed quiet period which is outside of rush hour?

I understand that during peak times there are 200 cars using this area, however there are 10miles of lanes so this does not seem excessive. There is no environmental benefit whatsoever to increasing congestion on other routes, where it will add to queuing and incrementally produce the paradox of even more engines lying idle for longer.

After just one week I think we can see this has been very ill thought out.

I have walked in Newmills Lane since it was designated a Quiet Lane and have encountered a lot of cars using it at just after eight am. My walk was constantly interrupted to stand into the hedges to allow car after car to come through. A nightmare!!

Could taxis use the bus lanes now the quiet lanes is being used.

The traffic in the mornings is much worse in Truro city centre since the roads have been closed. It is taking me 20 minutes to get from the train station to Aldi! It is doubling my commute time.