An open letter from Cumbria’s leaders has been released to the people of the county to stay local during lockdown. It says: “All authorities and partners in Cumbria are appealing to residents and visitors to adhere to the new lockdown guidance which are in place to protect the NHS and.
PUBLIC leaders in Cumbria have implored the public to stay local in an open letter to the county s residents. The letter, signed by MPs, council chief executives and other figureheads, says: All authorities and partners in Cumbria are appealing to residents and visitors to adhere to the new lockdown guidance which is in place to protect the NHS and save lives. Whilst it may be tempting to go out for a scenic drive in the Lake District, now is the time to stay home, look after one another and play your part to make sure that Cumbria is ready for the return of visitors when it is safe to do so.
CIVIC leaders and key figures from across Cumbria have issued a direct and unprecedented appeal to local residents, urging them to follow lockdown and so save lives. In a show of unity which aims to give the county s hospital services their best chance of not being overwhelmed as covid cases surge, more than 24 senior Cumbrians have put their names to an open letter underlining the need to stay local . The unified plea underlines just how serious the pandemic has now become - both in Cumbria and across the country. The signatories include all of Cumbria s MPs, the county s Chief Constable Michelle Skeer, Cumbria Tourism Chief Executive Gill Haigh, Richard Leafe, Chief Executive of Lake District National Park, and Lyn Simpson, Chief Executive at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, which runs The Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital.
THE SOUTHERN BYPASS Driving between the west of Carlisle and the south east of the city has long been a drawn-out affair, involving a detour through the city centre or a convoluted route via Dalston. The Carlisle Southern Link Road (CSLR) will end that. CSLR fills the missing piece of ring road around Carlisle, which began with the M6 to the east and continued in 2012 with the Northern Development Route (western bypass). The CSLR – likely to be widely known as the southern bypass – will skirt the south of the city, connecting Junction 42 of the M6 with Wigton Road. Cumbria County Council has launched the process to find a contractor to design and build the five-mile road. The intention is to award the contract next January with the work starting in 2022 and completed by March 31, 2024.
Connecting Cumbria broadband project completed
The final phase of rolling out fibre-based broadband across Cumbria has been completed today.
The village of Near Sawrey, the home of Beatrix Potter’s former farm Hill Top, was the last community to ‘go live’ as part of the Connecting Cumbria project.
The scheme has seen Cumbria County Council work closely with Openreach to make fibre-based broadband widely available across Cumbria.
Seventy-six homes and businesses in the village, including Hill Top, which is run as a visitor attraction by the National Trust, can now access some of the fastest broadband speeds in the UK.