A number of road projects and improvements look set to be made in the Falmouth and Penryn area as part of a Cornwall-wide scheme.

The Falmouth and Penryn Community Network Panel met on Tuesday to discuss the proposed projects and decide which ones should go forward.

Councillors heard that even those which were not fully supported would still go forward, but the ones which received the most votes would take priority.

There were 19 proposals which were detailed by local councillors who gave various reasons for why they were important to their local residents.

The two most popular projects – which received a full set of votes from the panel – were for schemes in Flushing and Constantine.

The one from Mylor Parish council was to provide a passing area on a stretch of road in Flushing which was described as a “nightmare” for people trying to use it.

Councillors heard that residents “have really had enough of this traffic chaos when all they are trying to do is return to their own homes”.

In Constantine the parish council was looking to implement a lay-by near the local school to help ease traffic problems.

Councillors were told that “it is chaos there at 3pm and 9am” during term time.

The other schemes put forward ranged from pedestrian crossings to vehicle activated signs which warn motorists to slow down.

There were also requests for new road signs, yellow lines and traffic islands.

Penryn town councillor and Cornwall councillor Mary May put forward a number of small improvements for the town’s roads.

She explained: “Our requests don’t amount to much, they are silly little things like signposts which will just make things easier.”

Now that the projects have been prioritised by the community network panel they will go forward for more work to be carried out to determine costs and any necessary design work.

Community network panels all over the county will also be drawing up their own lists for improvements they would like to see.

Cornwall Council has 19 community network areas covering the county and each has its own panel which brings together Cornwall councillors with town and parish councillors from the two towns and surrounding areas.

Each of the community network areas have been given £50,000 by the council which can be used to fund small scale road improvement schemes.

The funding will be provided annually and any which is left over from previous years can be rolled over.

To help decide how this money should be used each town and parish council was invited to submit expressions of interest for the cash, detailing the projects that they would like to see carried out.

The town and parish councils drew up these lists based on the issues which local residents have raised about road traffic and road safety and what could be done to improve things in their areas.