After five years of gathering evidence, average speed cameras are going to be installed on a busy road through a village known as the Gateway to Falmouth.

Speed campaigners have been using the speed monitor currently in place on the A39 at Perranwell to monitor the speed of vehicles going through the village.

The speed limit through the village is currently 30 mph but over the years it has been consistenly ignored with one motorcyclist recorded going at over 80mph.

Cornwall councillor for Mylor, Cllr Peter Williams has worked with the local Speedwatch group over the years to get the cameras installed.

He said the installation of the cameras was not about making money for the council but was for the safety of the people.

"This is evidence based by our speedwatch team and myself," he said. "What we are saying is that we are not out there to penalise people or drivers in any way shape or form. What we want the driver's to do is respect the people who live in this parish."

He said people who live on the A39 people live very close to the road there and were being plagued by speeding drivers.

"If lived in one of those houses and a motorbike goes through at 80mph in the early hours of the morning I wouldn't like it," he said.

He said it's going to make a real difference at the Cove Hill junction and the Mylor junction for people coming out onto the A39.

He said nine people had been killed on this stretch of road between Perranwell and Treluswell in the past nine years and something had to be done.

"Its taken a long time get it through the system but it's all based on evidence of people speeding and abusing the speed limit in the village," he said. "You get lorries, got motorbikes going fast through this village and I have got the evidence to prove it."

He said evidence had been gathered by the speed monitor on the road that had a computer inside that recorded direction of the traffic and speed, time and day, 24 hours a day.

"Lorries have been going through at 40 and 50 miles an hour," he said. "One motorbike was recorded at 80. I actually witnessed someone, because of a hold up, overtook the other side of the pedestrian island, wrong side of the road, overtook the 'ped' island and forced themselves up because the traffic was held up."

The cameras have all been signed off now and are expected to be up and running between now and the new year

"I can't emphasise enough that it's not about wasting Cornwall Council's money," said Cllr Williams. "It's about the safety of the people within the actual parish of Perranarworthal on the A39. The safety of the people is most important thing."