Newspaper column 13 August 202 Funding, Speeding and Schools

 

I hope you all managed to enjoy some of the lovely weather we had over the weekend.

I spent time on Saturday walking a charity walk from Tresillian to Truro for Endometriosis UK – more on this next week when I finish totting up the donations, needless to say it was a fantastic walk in amazing conditions, thanks to everyone who donated and took part.

Last week, the big news for me was that two projects in our constituency were confirmed to be receiving a share of the £14 million the Government has made available for shovel ready projects in Cornwall.

The Hall for Cornwall is getting £1.5 million of this money, along with £2.9million going to the GEL lithium extraction plant at United Downs

The Government has made this funding available with the aim to give a much-needed boost to the economic recovery of local areas as they begin to recover from the impact of COVID-19. The funding is targeted at projects that can be completed within the next year and hopes that it will accelerate completion of these projects.

I also joined Perranarworthal Community Speed Watch and Cllr Peter Williams to see first-hand the issues with speeding on the A39 through the village.

There is no doubt this is a dangerous road and the speeding makes it worse. I am determined not to see another fatality on this stretch of road. It was clear from joining the volunteers that yhere is an issue with speeding and the data from the speed watch team proves it. The team believe average speed cameras would be the solution.

I will now work with Perranarworthal Community Speed Watch, Cllr Peter Williams, Cornwall Council and the police to find a solution to this issue.

At the end of last week I was also pleased to see that two schools in the Truro and Falmouth constituency will benefit from over £2 million in funding to improve school facilities.

Falmouth School and The Roseland Academy will receive funding to ensure they get the improvements to the school buildings that will greatly enhance the experience of their students. The two schools will receive a combined total of £2,372,694.

This is really brilliant news for two fantastic local schools. The last few months have been really difficult for teachers and students. This funding will hopefully give a welcome boost to these two schools creating the opportunity to upgrade their buildings to make them the best possible place for our children to learn.

Our focus is very much starting to turn to children getting back to school in September. We need to ensure that schools have the facilities and classrooms they need to support the high-quality education our children deserve.

 

This welcome funding will help ensure local children have the very best possible schools and education, enabling them to gain all the knowledge and skills they need for success.

Please continue to stay safe. If you need my assistance with anything, please get in touch at Cherilyn.mackrory.mp@parliament.uk, or on 01872 229698 or you can write to me by letter at Lemon Chapel, William Street, Truro, TR1 2ED.