New look: An artistâs impression of what the improved Carlisle railway station may look like following the completion of the upgrades, funded as part of the Borderlands growth deal The go-ahead has been given for an ambitious £20m project set to transform the heart of the centre of Carlisle by bringing major changes to the city s railway station. Government funding has now been agreed for a project that will completely change how passengers access Carlisle s train station, including a partial pedestrianisation of Court Square directly outside the station s main entrance, and a redirection of coach and rail replacement services to the back of the station, on its southern side.
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By tackling a local congestion hotspot, the improvement will remove a brake on economic investment
Highways England is constructing the new roundabout along the A590 at Cross-a-Moor south of Ulverston. It is expected to cost around £7 million with partnership funding from Highways England, Cumbria County Council, Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and South Lakeland District Council.
The new roundabout will replace the existing staggered junction with Main Road running south off the A590 and Pennington Lane running north of it. Preparation work is scheduled to start in spring with the main construction work following in the summer.
Steve Mason, Highways England senior project manager, said:
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Sellafield in west Cumbria is the central spoke in a nuclear industry reaching throughout the county. Thousands are employed in the supply chain The release of the much-anticipated Government energy white paper has been hailed as indicative of a revolution in thinking on nuclear power, and has been welcomed as significant news for Cumbria. The white paper, published on Monday, will serve as a guiding strategic document for the development of Government strategy on energy production in the UK. The document has long been anticipated as an indication on the level of support the Government has for the development of new nuclear infrastructure in the country.