He said that the first quarter of 2008 would confirm the company's progress, thanks to a boost in roadtrafficthrough the tunnel and "outstanding" growth from the Eurostar passenger rail service.
Pushing through Beijing traffic, taxi driver Ma Junjing has one eye on the road ahead and the other on a laminated card twirling from his rearview mirror.
Officials at the county council said some changes to the town centre road network were "essential to make sure that throughtraffic avoids the congested town centre".
"The traffic lights can talk to cars, work out how long it's going to take to transit a road and then provide information back on what speed to travel to ensure that you pass through the traffic lights on green, " he said.
"We do have a pollution problem and a traffic problem in Bodmin and that's obvious to anybody because we have a main road that goes through to Wadebridge from the A30 and the A38, " Mr Trendall told BBC News.