Station Road - Temporary Road Closure Due To Utility Works

CUMBERLAND COUNCIL (U4354 STATION ROAD, WHITEHAVEN) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF ALL TRAFFIC) ORDER 2026

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that to enable utility works to be carried out (“the Works”), Cumberland Council intends to make an Order the effect of which is to prohibit all traffic (i.e. vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists), from proceeding along that section of the U4354 Station Road, Whitehaven, from its junction with the entrance to Corkickle Railway Station, extending in a northerly direction for approx. 40m.

A suitable alternative route for vehicles will be signed and available via the unrestricted section of Station Road, Coach Road and The Gardens.

Any queries to the Highways Hotline 0300 373 3736 or via the Cumberland Council website. The reference to quote is TTROC/19096.

The Order will come into operation on 5 August 2026 and may continue in force for a maximum duration of eighteen months. However, please note that it is anticipated that the restriction will only be required for 3 days and only as and when the appropriate traffic signs are displayed.

Chief Legal Officer, Cumberland Council, Cumbria House, 117 Botchergate, Carlisle CA1 1RD

8 July 2026