More painted bicycle logos have begun appearing on roads in the Penryn area as a campaign for safe cycle routes steps up a gear.

Early yesterday morning a group of concerned residents spray painted the road between Constantine and Penryn to remind vehicles to watch out for cyclists on what they call a "treacherous route."

It comes two months Extinction Rebellion members were again out with chalk paint, on roads around Penryn and Truro, calling upon Cornwall Council and its highways department to provide more cycle routes and clearly marked cycle lanes at junctions and on roads.

They are now repeating these calls, along with an appeal for clear signage to alert motorists to the presence of cyclists, keeping people safe when they travel by road in Cornwall.

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The group added that safer cycle routes would have the added benefits of reducing air pollution and encouraging the local population to enjoy healthy exercise.

A campaign spokesperson said: "Local people - and animals - enjoyed the fresher air and quieter streets of the lockdown and did not want to go back to the polluting, illness inducing fug of petrol and diesel vehicle fumes that had become the norm.

"But sadly with the ending of lockdown and subsequent increase in traffic the roads are back to their pre-Covid traffic levels and feeling the additional strain of tourist vehicle traffic many of whom would prefer to cycle through the Cornish countryside than drive."

Falmouth Packet:

Photo: Extinction Rebellion

In May it was revealed that Cornwall will be receiving a £759,000 share of the £250 million announced earlier in the month to fast-track plans for new walking and cycling lanes in Cornwall.

There has also been a suggestion to close off part of Falmouth's seafront on one day a week for cycling, running, walking and skateboarding, or even just hold a one-day special event, in a bid to encourage more people to exercise outdoors safely.

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The campaign spokesperson went on to add: "After two bike accidents in Falmouth at the end of May, [we] feel that without effective and clear signage to alert motorists to the potential presence of cycles on lanes too narrow for permanent bike lanes, and lane division and clear marking of junctions, we are on a course for further tragedy in addition to worsening air quality.

Falmouth Packet:

Photo: Extinction Rebellion

"A study by the Max Planck Institute in 2019 estimates that air pollution is responsible for around 64,000 early deaths per year in the UK, an increase from 39,000 per year in 2016.

"The COVID-19 pandemic will be defeated, but the bigger threat of the climate emergency will not go away unless we take serious action now and one way we can reduce our impact on the planet is to drive less and cycle more."