The bare bones of a prospective transport review for Liskeard - which includes diverting traffic from the town centre and encouraging drivers to quit speeding - were outlined to local councillors at their monthly meeting this week.

The review also takes in promoting a bus service which would tie in with the local railway timetable, and dealing with problems caused where Plymouth Road runs into Castle Street.

The town council meeting, on Tuesday night, was attended by county council chief engineer Peter Moore and planning team member Kate Dixon.

Mr Moore said that public consultation on the review will take place early in the summer, and local people and town councillors will be given the opportunity to comment on the ideas put forward.

The review itself, he said, comprised a series of measures which, although perhaps quite minor on their own account, would combine to form an effective strategy.

Mr Moore initially highlighted the problem of traffic using the town centre when motorists only wished to drive around Liskeard, and said those travelling to Callington would need to be encouraged to journey via Charter Way. He also said motorists would be discouraged from cutting though residential zones, and added that there was a general presumption that eventually such zones would become 20mph areas.

He went on to mention residential car parking and said, if local residents wished, schemes could be set up in their area to discourage commuter parking.

However, one problem is that such parking would be pushed out into other areas - and so consent from those living on the fringes would also be sought.

Mr Moore spoke of a bus service, developed between Helston and Redruth, which links in with the local train service, and waits for passengers if trains are delayed. He said it has proved very successful, and suggested perhaps a similar service could tie in Liskeard station with villages such as St Cleer.

If this was developed customers would be able to buy a ticket for London Paddington at the villages involved.

He also mentioned the problem of Plymouth Road merging in with Castle Street, which accommodates traffic less easily. One solution offered was to constrain Castle Street still further, and provide further pedestrian facilities etc in Plymouth Road to slow down traffic.

The review also took in a suggestion that there could be a no yellow line zone in the town centre, with the parking restrictions placed on information boards; works on New Road from Moorswater designed for a 30mph speed limit; provision of pedestrian crossings in Callington Road near the school and at the top end of Pound Street; improvement of junctions in Station Road; pedestrian facilities in Charter Way; a 20mph zone in Pengover Road and the town centre, and a section of footway provided near Morley Tamblyn Lodge.