Cumbria County Council spent £943,000 on South Lakeland’s roads as part of its surface dressing programme.

The total spent in South Lakeland was part of a £4m package of surface dressing projects across the county, which has now been completed.

In South Lakeland 26 schemes covering 28.3 miles were completed, which included the A6, A684 and A684 on the PRN network, Crook Road (Full length), Swarthmoor Hall Lane and Foulshaw.

Cllr Keith Little, Cumbria County Council’s cabinet member for highways, said the programme was necessary to ensure that the county’s roads are maintained.

He said: “This essential package of road maintenance works has improved almost 100 sections of routes across the county, making journeys much smoother for drivers and extending the life of the road.

“We understand the importance of the road network in Cumbria and the surface dressing works were coordinated to minimise disruption and delays, whilst also working through the challenges presented by Covid-19.”

Since May, with almost 5,000 miles of highways to maintain in Cumbria, the council have carried out 98 individual projects, covering 100 miles of road.

The council spent the most repairing South Lakeland’s roads, costing £943,000, with Eden and Carlisle receiving £936,000 and £730,000 respectively.

Allerdale and Copeland £654,000 and £502,000, whereas Barrow received the least with £237,000, which was used to fix Ironworks Road and Holbeck Road.

Despite the challenges faced during the Covid-19 pandemic, the programme was completed on schedule.

Cllr Little thanked the teams and engineers involved in all the projects as well as the local communities for their patience.

He said: “I’d like to thank the local communities and drivers for their patience and understanding during periods of congestion as our teams delivered this package of works, worth £4m.

“I’d also like to thank the teams and engineers involved in the works for their hard work, often in challenging conditions.”