Revised proposals for a much reduced development of the old Penlee quarry site into the multi-million-pound Port Penlee scheme, are to go on display at the Fishermen's Mission, Newlyn.

The public exhibition on Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7, will give local people the chance to see the latest proposals - which include some major changes - and a three-dimensional model of how the completed development will look.

Edward Iliffe, director of Marina Developments Ltd (MDL), the company proposing the development, said this week that the scale of the development was now much reduced. The new plans would see the entire Port Penlee development being built within the existing walls of the quarry.

The original proposals were for a significantly larger development which would have incorporated outlying agricultural land. The revised plans, however, would see the entire development within the quarry walls.

Another major change sees the original and potentially visually obtrusive high level bridge proposal mothballed and being replaced with a lifting bridge on the line of the existing Newlyn to Mousehole coastal road.

"The general feeling is that there are a number of lifting bridges around the world and we are now seeking advice on incorporating this system into the scheme," Mr Iliffe explained.

The other distinguishing features between the original and new is that now only a single breakwater is proposed.

The changes come as a direct result of last year's public consultation and in response to public opinion and assessment of geo-technical and environmental impact constraints.

Since last July further technical investigations have been undertaken by Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd on behalf of a partnership led by Penwith Council, relating to four major projects within Mount's Bay which includes Penlee.

Members of the Penlee project team will be on hand during the two-day exhibition to listen to views and answer questions.

The exhibition will be open to the public from 10am to 8pm on Friday, May 6 and from 10am to 6pm on Saturday, May 7.

Information boards and a physical three-dimensional model of the development will be on display.

The exhibition will then be transferred to Penwith Council offices at St Clare.

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