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Westmorland and Furness Council is supporting Road Safety Week, which runs from 16-22 November 2025.

A significant landslip that has closed part of a lake district road is likely to take several months to fix.

Statutory consultation has opened on 24 community-backed 20mph speed limits across Westmorland and Furness.

Part of the A593 is to close next week to allow for emergency repair works on a damaged culvert.

The A592 has been closed at High Kingate, approximately halfway between Troutbeck and the Kirkstone Inn, due to a significant landslip.

Preliminary designs for a new active travel route along Kendal’s riverside are set to go on show.

As part of a £37.7 million highways investment programme to improve and repair defective drainage and road surfaces, works will be starting at the end of October on a two-phase scheme on the A592 at Glenridding and Patterdale.

Twenty-four community-backed 20mph speed limits will be progressed to the next stage across Westmorland and Furness in 2026.

Westmorland and Furness Council has brought a successful prosecution after roadworks were carried out without permits and to an inadequate standard.

A new bridge at Grizebeck is set to open next month, marking a major milestone in Westmorland and Furness Council’s A595 improvement scheme.