Re: no chance for me
IIRC wasn't Cornwall pushed as the poster child of neglect and managed a huge publicity campaign for extra investment? being a popular tourist destination with poor roads and poor comms, lack of non-tourist jobs and industry etc, ie "deprived" in terms of investment. So, probably a bribe to shut up the Kernow separatists :-)
I've done my bit to help by holidaying there multiple time, but am fortunate enough to be able to do so on the edges of tourist season so we tend to have a nice smooth non-strop drive out of Cornwall past the 50 or so miles of traffic queuing bumper to bumper on the way in :-)