Proposed changes
The effect of the proposed Order will be to:
- Introduce 20 miles per hour speed limits on various roads in the following areas:
- Hawcoat and Newbarns ward:
- Greengate Junior School
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School
- St Bernard’s Roman Catholic High School
- Old Barrow and Hindpool ward - Barrow Island Community Primary School
- Ormsgill and Parkside ward - Ormsgill Nursery and Primary School
- Risedale and Roosecote ward - Yarlside Primary School
- Walney Island ward - South Walney Infant School
- Hawcoat and Newbarns ward:
- Remove the 30 miles per hour speed limit from various roads, or sections of road, around:
- Barrow Island Community Primary School
- Greengate Junior School
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School
- Ormsgill Nursery and Primary School
- South Walney Infant School
- St Bernard’s Roman Catholic High School
- Yarlside Primary School
Full details of the changes
You can find full details of the proposed Order, together with plans showing the lengths of road concerned, and a statement of the Council's reasons for proposing to make the order in our TRO documents section.
Alternatively, you can request the documents by sending an email to: 20mph@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
You can find this information in person at:
- Barrow Library, Ramsden Square, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 1LL
- Walney Library, Central Drive, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 3HY
- visiting reception at our South Lakeland House offices at Lowther Street, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4DQ
Documents
- Statement of Reasons: Traffic Regulation Order 2026, Proposed Variation No.3 (ref 20mph/2026/Stat.Con/Furness)(PDF , 197KB)
- Statutory Consultation Plans: Traffic Regulation Order 2026, Proposed Variation No.3 (ref 20mph/2026/Stat.Con/Furness) (PDF , 6.9MB)
- Proposed Order: Traffic Regulation Order 2026, Proposed Variation No.3 (ref 20mph/2026/Stat.Con/Furness) (PDF , 242KB)
Have your say
The deadline for comments is Friday 4 September 2026.
To comment or make representations in relation to the proposals, you should write to us or send an email to:
20mph Project Team
Address: South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4DQ
Email: 20mph@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk
Please quote the reference 20mph/2026/Stat.Con/Furness.