Barrow-in-Furness - Temporary Traffic Prohibition due to Trial Hole Investigation Works

WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS COUNCIL (ABBOTSMEAD APPROACH, BARROW IN FURNESS) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF ALL TRAFFIC) ORDER 2026

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that to enable trial hole investigation works to be carried out (“the Works”), Westmorland and Furness 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 Abbotsmead Approach, from its junction with Friars View, extending in a north easterly direction for approx. 35 metres.

A suitable alternative route for all traffic will be signed and available via Gleaston Avenue, Friars Lane, Flass Lane and the unrestricted section of Abbotsmead Approach.

Any queries to the Highways Hotline 0300 373 3306 or via the Westmorland and Furness Council website. The reference to quote is TTROW/21163.

The Order will come into operation on 7th December 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 12 days and only as and when the appropriate traffic signs are displayed.

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

Dated 20th November 2026