The road improvement project on Bransty Row in Whitehaven has been completed. (Left to right) county councillor and transport portfolio holder Keith Little, Mark Steele from Thomas Armstrong Construction, Michael Pemberton from BEC, chairman of Cumbria County Council, councillor Tony Markley, Douglas Wilson and county councillor for Bransty Graham Roberts
A £2.5m highways improvement scheme to transform a gateway into Whitehaven has been completed, following the switch-on of traffic lights at the Bransty Row junction.
Cumbria County Council has delivered the project, designed to ease congestion and improve road safety with a clearer road layout for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians.
Neil Tague
The banking giant is to open its 24th Eagle Labs incubator, its first in Cumbria, at the redeveloped Whitehaven Bus Station on 25 May.
Sellafield has provided £5.7m towards the redevelopment of the historic bus station, which was vacated in 2002. The development has been taken forward by Britain’s Energy Coast.
BEC mapped out a project including seven offices, 30 co-working spaces and five meeting rooms at the 1930s Bransty Row building. In all the first floor level of the former station and the atendant offices comprise 7,700 sq ft.
In addition, the ground floor will house a 125-seat restaurant called The Peddler, for which Osprey Management Group secured a licence in January.