A plan to move the rising bollard in the centre of Falmouth to the entrance of the main street has been delayed to next year.

It had been planned to relocate the bollard at the junction of Market Street and Church Street to the entrance to Market Street this month (October).

The town management report to the full meeting of Falmouth Town Council last week, said the work had been intended to be done over three weeks in October.

at the junction of Market Street and Church Streetat the junction of Market Street and Church Street (Image: File)

However, as this had been very short notice for businesses and residents and also included half-term it has now been provisionally moved to February 24- March 14 next year.

It was confirmed back in March that the rising bollard would be moved following the results of a public consultation.

The work also includes associated signage and gateway work as well as the loss of six disabled parking spaces in Church Street Car Park.

Cornwall Council said while objections were received, the majority of the public supported the proposals. Support was also received from the town council and police.

The relocation of the rising bollard and associated gateway features are being put in place to support the current Pedestrian Zone restriction and the objectives of the adopted Neighbourhood Plan.

The original rising bollard was removed from outside The Grapes by workmen back in MarchThe original rising bollard was removed from outside The Grapes by workmen back in March (Image: File)

The move was opposed by many traders who said it would kill the high street but, in the end, only 24 traders contributed to the consultation out of 134 respondents.

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This was despite traders’ meetings where the majority of those who attended said they were against it.

Church Street has been the subject of a traffic restriction order since 2022 restricting traffic from using the road between 11am and 4pm.

However, a lack of enforcement led to complaints about a rise in the number of vehicles now entering the road during the pedestrian zone restricted hours.

The complaints led to the implementation of the scheme after Cornwall Council carried out a public consultation. 

It is hoped relocating the rising bollard currently positioned on Church Street, to the gateway to the restricted area at the start of Market Street will solve the problem.