Cumbria County Council Highways maintenance funding
Highways DfT £12m
In October 2018 Cumbria County Council was awarded an additional £ 12m for local highways maintenance including the repair of potholes, to keep bridges and structures open and safe, as well as to help aid other minor highways works that may be required.
Cumbria County Council received the funding in January 2019 and as part of the funding agreement all works and funding must be completed by the end of the financial year in March 2019.
During this period our highways teams undertook approx. 100 projects across the county, this allowed us to accelerate some high priority projects which were originally planned for 2019-20.
Outlined below is the breakdown of spends from this funding.
| Local 'pothole/ patching/ crack sealing' repairs over winter | £ 365,762 |
| Scheme Delivery - Bridge Works | £ 1,807,353 |
| Scheme Delivery - Footways and Cycleways | £ 181,650 |
| Scheme Delivery - Carriageway | £ 8,856,554 |
| Scheme Delivery - Drainage | £ 296,646 |
| Scheme Delivery - Street Lighting | £ 289,076 |
| Scheme Delivery - Tree works to reduce vehicle strikes | £ 167,938 |
| Scheme Delivery - Hardening of grass verges | £ 39,021 |
| Total | £ 12,004,000 |
Above is a before and after of the safety railings at Tithe Barn, Keswick
The following schemes were completed across the county:
| Dalton Road Route Management | £ 28,670 |
| City Centre - Scotch Street/ English Street | £ 20,776 |
| Victoria Viaduct | £ 28,620 |
| Eastern Way - Fire Station to ATC Building | £ 1,641 |
| Greystone Road | £ 8,743 |
| Furze Street | £ 5,778 |
| A6 London Road cycle lane - Harrby green to Harraby Grove | £ 11,495 |
| A7 Eden Bridge - Hawdwicke Circus to Cricket Club | £ 27,854 |
| A6 Botchergate - Brook St to St Cuthbert Street | £ 11,137 |
| A685 Market Street, Kirkby Stephen - Social Club to Kelso House | £ 36,946 |
| Total | £ 181,650 |
Footway on Victoria Viaduct London Road before
The following schemes were completed across the county:
| B5301 Patching/Overlays | £ 5,789 |
| Lillyhall to Dean Phase 1 | £ 180,824 |
| Aspatria to Mealsgate Phase 2 | £ 351,506 |
| Scaw Road High Harrington | £ 99,196 |
| Kirkbampton | £ 179,594 |
| Thornthwaite | £ 263,833 |
| Wood Street, Maryport | £ 64,829 |
| Threapland Moss | £ 71,258 |
| Braithwaite Village | £ 139,880 |
| Wigton to Kirkbride Ph 2 | £ 65,349 |
| Rear of Dover and Hastings Street | £ 9,107 |
| Rear of Baden Powell and Methuen Street | £ 211,416 |
| Hawcoat Lane, Clovelly Terrace to Baldwin Street | £ 81,191 |
| Thorncliffe Road, Hawcoat Lane to Thornfield Park | £ 41,825 |
| Sowerby Woods Industrial Estate | £ 23,202 |
| Michealson Road Roundabout | £ 62,459 |
| Houghton Village | £ 71,733 |
| North of Kirkcambeck/Penton Xrds/Green Rigg | £ 563,584 |
| Burnrigg to Sandy Lane | £ 49,548 |
| Plains Road, Wetheral | £ 118,374 |
| Carlatton Mill | £ 108,485 |
| Port Carlisle Road (Cattle Grid to Boustead Hill) | £ 41,709 |
| Wormanby Farm | £ 29,790 |
| Hawksdale Corners | £ 87,136 |
| Kingstown (Brunthill Road) | £ 105,686 |
| Whinlatter Road, Mirehouse Concrete road | £ 136,289 |
| Main Street, Egremont | £ 42,712 |
| Chapel Street/Ehen Court Road Egremont | £ 94,752 |
| Asby to Kidburngill | £ 81,758 |
| Queen Street/Sandhills Court, Whitehaven | £ 44,194 |
| Preston Street Whitehaven | £ 41,374 |
| Bookwell/Castle jnct | £ 36,040 |
| Longmoor Common Ennerdale | £ 28,301 |
| Earls Road Bransty | £ 11,227 |
| Woodend Egremont | £ 47,528 |
| Santon Bridge to Nether Wasdale | £ 63,107 |
| Lancashire Road, Millom | £ 52,174 |
| Adamthwaite, Nr Ravenstonedale (Including Artlegarth) | £ 265,423 |
| Colby To Kings Meaburn Road (Including Hawkrigg) | £ 257,854 |
| A6 Junction Old Town, High Hesket To Hazel Cottage | £ 424,338 |
| Motherby to Greystoke Phase 2 | £ 147,465 |
| M6 Bridge to Pallet Hill | £ 668,168 |
| Silver Ridge to Hale | £ 72,313 |
| Fairbank Kirkby Lonsdale | £ 57,851 |
| Burneside Road (Windermere Road to Busher Walk | £ 2,523 |
| Holker Mosses, Low Wood to Ellerside Moss | £ 224,558 |
| Grange, Wood Yard to Lindale Rbt | £ 142,167 |
| Tow Top Road, High Newton | £ 69,280 |
| Faraway Farm | £ 24,501 |
| Fell End Caravan Park Hale | £ 30,161 |
| Bluecaster Side, Cautley | £ 18,700 |
| Chapel Hill Farleton | £ 56,941 |
| Middle Fell Houses, Kitridding | £ 29,698 |
| Middleshaw Bridge to Limefoot | £ 29,322 |
| Marshes Road Heversham | £ 74,913 |
| Crabtree Lane, Lupton | £ 31,238 |
| Docker Lane Docker | £ 74,622 |
| Hawkrigg Lane (North End of straight) | £ 72,792 |
| Tosca (Tosca Cottage to Icornshaw) | £ 44,104 |
| Whetstone Lane, Prizet | £ 5,480 |
| Cinderbarrow Levens | £ 89,267 |
| Mint Dale and Mint Close, Kendal | £ 20,528 |
| Skelsmergh Flat Farm | £ 42,979 |
| Skelsmergh Tarn | £ 39,612 |
| Wraysholme Lane (North of Wrayside - Level Crossing) | £ 24,178 |
| Sedbergh Rd (Old Road) Section 1 | £ 20,271 |
| Back Finkle Street, Kendal | £ 35,350 |
| Blackhall Road (WSC CP Entrance) | £ 27,080 |
| Loop Road, Kirby Lonsdale | £ 46,935 |
| A597 Lakes College | £ 35,671 |
| A597 Lakes College to Salterbeck | £ 170,600 |
| A590 Ocean Road, Biggar to Empress Drive | £ 219,346 |
| A6 Carleton House to Springfield Farm | £ 402,628 |
| A5093 The Oaks to Hallthwaites | £ 132,061 |
| A5086 Crossgates to Scallow Farm | £ 40,056 |
| Rowrah | £ 263,735 |
| A6 South of Shap Beck | £ 101,268 |
| A591 Kendal Bypass | £ 398,916 |
| A5092 Spark Bridge to Broughton - Various Sections | £ 214,902 |
| Total | £ 8,856,554 |
B5288 before and after
A5086 before and after
The following links show stories used in the media to share the success of the funding:
£ 350,000 resurfacing works completed on B5299 near Aspatria
£ 342,000 resurfacing works completed on A5086
£ 615,000 resurfacing works completed on B5288
£ 400,000 resurfacing works completed on A591
£ 400,000 resurfacing works completed on A6 outside Carlisle
