The reopening of a village road in South Cumbria after it was closed for over a year has been welcomed by political leaders.
Greystokes Lane, which connects the Low Furness villages of Dendron and Leece, was closed to all traffic in November 2020.
Roadworks began to repair a culvert under the carriageway.
Last March, the culvert collapsed, prompting emergency work from the highways team to remove the blockage ahead of forecast heavy rainfall.
During the emergency work, a water main was exposed, requiring investigations from United Utilities before any further repairs could take place.
A new culvert was designed and installed to avoid interfering with the live water main. Following the completion of the work, the road was re-opened early in the New Year.
Low Furness councillor Ben Cooper said “It’s great news that the Dendron Road is now reopened, after being closed for over a year.
“This is an important connection between our villages in Low Furness and it forms part of the National Cycle Route 700.
“Local residents contacted me feeling frustrated at what they saw as the slow progress with these repairs, but together, we lobbied the council to get on with the job, and now we’ve got it done.”
The issue was raised by local residents at Barrow and Furness MP’s Simon Fell’s recent surgery tour.
He said: “This proves the benefit of elected members such as Ben and I, getting out into all corners of our patch, and listening to local people about the issues that affect them.
“Many local people raised this road closure with me, and it’s caused great disruption and frustration.
“Working together with Cllr Cooper we’ve been able to move things along and get the road into Dendron reopened, so that local drivers won’t be disrupted by this anymore.”
