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Westmorland and Furness - Multiple Temporary Road Closures due to Utility Works

LA11 6NN•Published 08/10/26
Westmorland Gazette • 

What is happening?

WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS COUNCIL

(C5047 BOWLAND BRIDGE AND CHAPEL HOUSE LANE, CASTERTON)

(TEMPORARY TRAFFIC REGULATION) ORDER 2026

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that to enable utility works to be carried out (“the Works”), Westmorland and Furness Council intends to make an Order the effect of which is to prohibit any vehicle from proceeding along that section of the;

(i) C5047 Bowland Bridge, from a point approx. 485 metres north east of its junction with the C5060, extending in a north easterly direction for a distance of approx. 110 metres.

Alternative Route: via the unrestricted sections of the C5047, C5060, C5048 and the A5074.

Duration: From 27th October 2026 for approx. 2 days (Ref: TTROW/20655)

(ii) Chapel House Lane, Casterton, from its junction with Well Lane, extending in an overall south westerly direction for a distance of approx. 985 metres.

Alternative Route: via the unrestricted sections of Chapel House Lane, U5297, A65, A683 and the U5398.

Duration: From 27th October 2026 for approx. 2 days (Ref: TTROW/20660)

Any queries to the Highways Hotline 0300 373 3300 or via the Westmorland and Furness Council website. The references to quote are stated above.

The Order will come into operation on 27th October 2026 and may continue in force for a maximum duration of eighteen months. However, please note that it is anticipated that the restrictions will only be required as detailed above, and only as and when the appropriate traffic signs are displayed.

Director of Law and Governance, Westmorland and Furness Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4DQ

Dated: 8th October 2026

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