Lake District traffic chaos: County leaders urged to address issues urgently
Friends of the Lake District said the county has reached a tipping point.
It said: “We can either embrace a radical rethink on transport within the Lake District National Park or risk destroying the sense of tranquillity and escape that this landscape has delivered for generations.”
The charity wants the national park authority and Cumbria County Council to urgently carry out a feasibility study to look at all possible options for reducing the numbers of private vehicles on the roads, while ensuring that everyone is still able to access the national park via improved public transport, active travel and other more sustainable services.
Twenty-five organisations, working together for the future of the Lake District National Park, are inviting people to comment on their new five-year plan tackling the major challenges faced by the World Heritage Site. Stephen Henwood, chair of the Lake District National Park Partnership, hopes people will have their say and get involved with the issues facing the Lake District including a prosperous economy, climate action – achieving net zero and adapting to climate change and the future of farming and forestry, nature recovery and climate change. “We’ve a real chance to address the most critical issues facing the Lake District, and all humanity, taking a local approach to shape a better world,” he said.
Have your say on five-point Lake District plan
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People are invited to have their say on a five-point plan for the future of the Lake District National Park.
Twenty-five organisations, working together for the future of the national park and World Heritage Site are inviting people to comment on their new, five-year plan tackling five major challenges.
Stephen Henwood, chairman of the Lake District National Park Partnership, says the inter-linked challenges will be close to many people’s hearts. He hopes people will want to find out more, have their say and get involved with the following issues facing the Lake District: