Church Street in Callington faces five nights of closures

If your usual route into the middle of Callington runs down Church Street, you will want a plan B for next week, because the road is about to become a work site every night.

What is happening, and when

From Monday 7 September, a road closure comes into force on Church Street in Callington while crews repair the carriageway surface. The closure runs from 19:00 to 04:00 each week night and is expected to take up to five nights to finish. It is part of Cornwall Council’s September 2026 highway maintenance programme, delivered by Cormac, a division of Corserv and a Cornwall Council company.

No parking on Church Street overnight

A Clearway Parking Zone will be in force along the full extent of the site for the duration of the works. Any vehicle left parked in the signed areas during that time faces being towed, with charges applying, and any designated parking bays within the zone are suspended for the same period.

Clearway zones are declared by Cormac on behalf of the council under the Traffic Management Act 2004, and every household and business in the affected area should already have had a letter setting out the restrictions before work starts. Crews will try to track down the owner of any car left in the zone before it is removed, but if a vehicle is towed, the owner will need to call 0300 1234 222 to arrange its collection.

Getting around the closure

While work is underway, the main arrangement is a one-way system on Church Street, with traffic flowing away from the town centre. Drivers heading in towards the centre will be sent round a signed diversion, and temporary lane closures or traffic signals may be needed at certain stages. Pedestrian access stays open throughout.

Marshals will be on site to help residents and businesses who need local access, and through traffic is asked to follow the diversion rather than push through. If access to a particular property needs to change temporarily, the scheme says that property will be contacted in advance.

The noise, and what to watch for underfoot

Night-time roadworks come with noise, and the scheme acknowledges that directly, saying crews will aim to get the noisiest operations done as early in the shift as possible and will try to keep any disruption down if the works overrun for reasons beyond their control.

Anyone walking through or near the site is asked to look out for an uneven road surface where the old layer has been stripped back, raised manholes, gullies and other service covers, and varying kerb heights when stepping off the footway, and to stick to any designated crossing points that are put in place.

If the weather gets in the way

Resurfacing work is weather dependent and can be delayed by cold temperatures or heavy rain, so the five-night estimate could move. If a night is postponed or cancelled, the advance notice boards on site should be updated to reflect it.

Anyone whose bus journey might be affected can check Cornwall Council’s public transport disruptions page for alterations, and up-to-date information on this and other roadworks across the county is on one.network.

Questions, or something to report

Questions about the resurfacing itself can go to [email protected], and a separate road, highway or footway issue can be reported through Cornwall Council’s website. Anything that is a threat to public safety should go straight to 0300 1234 222, which is staffed 24 hours a day.

Emergency access will be maintained on Church Street throughout, and the council says every effort will be made to keep inconvenience down. What it cannot promise is the one thing that decides whether five nights stays at five: the forecast for the second week of September.