college attached to the Combined Universities in Cornwall University of Exeter Medical School Development Truro has many proposed urban development schemes, most of which are intended to counter the main problems, notably traffic congestion and lack of housing. Major proposals include construction of a distributor road to carry traffic away from the busy Threemilestone-Treliske-Highertown corridor, reconnecting at either Green Lane or Morlaix Avenue. This will also serve the new housing planned for that area. Changes proposed for the city centre include pedestrianisation of main shopping streets and beautification of uncharacteristic storefronts built in the 1960s. New retail developments on the current Carrick District Council site and Garras Wharf waterfront site will provide more space for shops, open spaces and public amenities. Along with redevelopment of the waterfront, a tidal barrier is planned to dam water into the Truro River, which is currently blighted by mud banks that appear at low tide. Controversial plans include the construction of a new stadium for Truro City F.C. and the Cornish Pirates, and relocation of the city's golf course to make way for more housing. A smaller project is the addition of two large sculptures in the Piazza. Notable residents Public thinking, public service Sir Henry Killigrew (c. 1528–1603), Cornish diplomat and an ambassador Owen Fitzpen (1552–1636), philanthropist and merchant seaman, led a successful slave revolt in 1627 to free captives of Barbary pirates, memorialised on a plaque in St Mary's Church. John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor (1606–1685) a politician who fought for the Parliamentary cause William Gwavas (1676–1741), barrister and writer in the Cornish language Edward Boscawen (1711–1761), Royal Navy admiral, eponym of a cobbled street at the centre of Truro and a park Samuel Walker (1714–1761), evangelical clergyman, curate of Truro from 1746 Richard Polwhele (1760–1838) a clergyman, poet and historian of Cornwall and Devon Charles Sandoe Gilbert (1760–1831), druggist and historian of Cornwall Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian (1775–1842) a senior British cavalry officer Henry Martyn (1781–1812), Cambridge mathematician and missionary in India and Persia, who translated the Bible into local languages Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro (1782–1855) Lord High Chancellor, 1850 to 1852. Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds (1786–1861) senior Royal Navy officer FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855) a senior Army officer and MP for Truro in 1818 & 1826. Richard Spurr (1800–1855), cabinet maker and lay preacher imprisoned for Chartism. A large allotment in the town was dedicated