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PRISON inmates have joined forces with a residents group to repair a damaged footpath. Inmates of Haverigg prison have teamed up with members of a Walney Island residents group to repair a damaged footpath on Biggar Bank. The inmates went to work with spades, rakes and a mountain of aggregate as part of the prison s community party scheme. The path repairs are part of a long-term project by the Better Biggar Bank Community Group - which was formed in 2019 with the aim of sprucing up the area. The Covid pandemic has placed limitations on activities, but over the past three years improvements have included the installation of rock-armour sea defences at Thorney Nook, revised waste bin collection times to reduce litter; implementation of traffic-calming measures on Biggar Bank Road, the start of work to address flooding on Thorney Nook Lane and the installation of picnic tables and numerous litter-picks.
DELAYED plans for speed reduction work on Walney are set to be completed in the early part of next year, a councillor has said. The measures aim to break up the long straight of Biggar Bank Road where racers heavily accelerate as the road speed switches between 30mph and 60mph. These plans have been long overdue for the residents and it looks as though the issue of speedsters in the area will soon come to an end. Completion of the £28,000 project was originally scheduled to be completed before January 2020, but was delayed, then when the coronavirus pandemic hit, the half complete measures were put on the backburner as Cumbria County Council had to re-prioritise in order to cope with the increased financia strain imposed on them.