Cumbria County Council spent £237,000 on Barrow’s roads as part of its surface dressing programme.

This was part of the Highway Service’s £4m package of surface dressing projects across the county, which was completed last week.

Cllr Keith Little, Cumbria County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways, has explained that 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, 98 individual projects, covering 100 miles of road have been carried out.

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

Cllr Little continued by thanking the teams and engineers involved in the projects as well as the local communities.

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.”

In Barrow, A590 Ironworks Road, A595 Tippins Lane and Holbeck Road were some of the roads repaired.

With almost 5,000 miles of highways to maintain in Cumbria, surface dressing extends the life of the road by sealing the surface and helps to waterproof the structural layers of the road.

Approximately 10,000 tonnes of loose chippings have been re-processed during the works.

The council spent the most repairing South Lakeland’s roads, costing £943,000.