Millom residents are being encouraged to take the opportunity to hear from Cumbria County Council and Copeland Borough Council about plans to modernise the Community Hub and create a new home for public services in the town. Anyone can come along to the event to find out more about the plans to transform the building… Continue reading Millom residents invited to new Hub community drop-in event
Cumbria County Council has received £4.5 million for two cycling schemes in Barrow-in-Furness. Cumbria County Council in partnership with Barrow Borough Council are delivering a Local Cycling Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for Barrow, with an additional boost in funding. The county council applied for funding from the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Active Travel Fund in… Continue reading Funding boost to help keep Barrow cycle routes on track
Cumbria County Council, working with Barrow Borough Council, have secured £5.5 million to deliver the first phase of Marina Village project. Marina Village is an important regeneration project in Barrow-in-Furness, supporting the construction of 550 housing units. Cumbria County Council has appointed Thomas Armstrong Construction Ltd to remediate the first six-hectares, as Phase One of… Continue reading Site clearance work to begin on Marina Village project
Cumbria County Council have been awarded £99,000 to carry out feasibility studies for active travel social prescribing pilot schemes, in Barrow and Carlisle. This funding is in addition to the successful application in November 2020 where the Department for Transport awarded the county council £886,000 to improve cycle paths on Bridge Road and Michaelson… Continue reading Social prescribing – funding boost award for active travel study in Barrow and Carlisle
Building Fire, Barrow-in-Furness (Barrow-in-Furness) At 23:20 on 29th March 2021 two fire engines attended a fire involving a construction hall on bridge approach, Barrow-in-Furness. Firefighters used four breathing apparatus and two hose reels. Firefighters were in attendance for two hours. Building Fire, Barrow-in-Furness (Barrow-in-Furness) At 23:10 on 29th March 2021 two fire engines attended a… Continue reading Cumbria County Council Fire Incidents
Education and community leaders have welcomed a move by Furness College to form a new South Cumbria Multi Academy Trust. Furness College has approval to invite primary and secondary schools to join a new Multi Academy Trust (MAT) and Chetwynde School is the first to sign up. The Trust will see the Barrow-based college share… Continue reading New Education Trust welcomed as a ‘Positive move’
GOVERNMENT INVITES RESPONSES TO CONSULTATION ON PROPOSALS FOR UNITARY LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN CUMBRIA A consultation on locally-led proposals for unitary local government submitted by councils in Cumbria has been launched by Government. Following a formal invitation from Government last October to councils in Cumbria to submit proposals for reorganisation, the Local Government Secretary has received… Continue reading Government Invites Responses to Consultation on Proposals for Unitary Local Government in Cumbria
