The County Of Cumbria (U4312 New Street, Whitehaven) (Temporary Traffic Regulation) Order 2022

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that to enable Northern Gas Networks to carry out utility works ("the Works"), the County Council of Cumbria has made an Order the effect of which is to prohibit any vehicle from proceeding along that section of the U4312 New Street, Whitehaven, from its junction with U4317 Addison Street to its junction with U4316 College Street. A way for pedestrians and dismounted cyclists will be maintained at all times and a suitable alternative route for northeast bound vehicles will be signed and available via the A5094 Lowther Street, Strand Street and Duke Street.

Nothing in the Order to which this notice relates shall:

1. Apply to emergency service vehicles, or vehicles being used by statutory undertakers in the performance of their duties; and

2. Apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform; and

3. Have the effect of preventing at any time access for pedestrians to any premises situated on or adjacent to the road, or to any other premises accessible for pedestrians from, and only from the road; and

4. Apply to vehicles being used in connection with the Works. Any queries to the Highways Hotline 0300 303 2992 or email

, quoting the reference CO/141. The Order will come into operation on 1 August 2022 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 4 days and only as and when the appropriate traffic signs are displayed.

Chief Legal Officer, Cumbria County Council, Cumbria House, 117 Botchergate, Carlisle CA1 1RD
Dated: 27 July 2022