A public exhibition explaining proposals for the long-awaited A38 Dobwalls Bypass is being staged in the village today and tomorrow. Plans and photographs connected with the development will be on display in the Memorial Hall, along with draft orders for the new road. Staff from the Highways Agency, contractors, and designers, will be on hand to answer questions. The existing road, known as one of the blackest bottlenecks remaining in Cornwall, carries an average of 21,000 vehicles a day, which increases by 20 per cent during the summer holiday period. In addition, the Dobwalls section of the A38 has an accident rate which is above the national average. The three kilometre (two mile) £32 million scheme would remove 90 per cent of the daily traffic from the centre of the village, relieving one of the most congested sections of road in the country. The proposed bypass would reduce congestion and improve safety for both local people and drivers. In addition, villagers would benefit from reduced noise and an improvement in air quality. The exhibition gives local people and organisations an opportunity to comment on the proposals. Depending on the views expressed, it may be necessary to hold a public inquiry before an independent inspection into the proposals. If there is a public inquiry work on the bypass will probably be delayed until 2007. If there is not, the work could begin some time in 2006. A list of compulsory purchase orders connected with the scheme are now being published, but these are only provisional until a final route is agreed. These proposals are open to appeal. The exhibition will be open from 10am to 8pm today and from 10am to 4pm on Saturday.