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    Aqueduct Update

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    ​The improvements originally scheduled for October 2017 and were cancelled but following our campaign to have them rescheduled, they will now be carried out at Easter 2018 and  height warning signage will be improved as part of the scheme. 
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    Highways Success !

    During the past month, following the Parish Council's consistent lobbying to Cumbria Highways, we are pleased to report the following highways repairs and improvements have been carried out in our Village:
    1. Natland Road to Carex Farm - multiple potholes and verge collapse repaired 
    2. ​White line marking has been replaced at Carex Farm Junction, Wakefield Meadow and Castle View​
    3. Improvements to make the pedestrian access under the Aqueduct safer are completed !  
    • The pavement is now more visible because of the textured paint and white lines installed under the archway
    • Signage - all distance warning signs and height markings have been replaced and now show metric measurements.
    • A new distance warning sign has been installed at Brettagh Holt Roundabout
    • Road "slow" markings are in place
    • Visibility splays are in place place to keep the areas adjacent to the aqueduct clear of parked cars that block the visibility of pedestrians using the path
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    Replacement signage with metric measures on height restriction to prevent large vehicles entering village and having to turn/reverse.
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    "Give Way to pedestrians" signage and visibility splay markings to make walking under the aqueduct safer.
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    Pothole repairs on Natland Road 
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    Replacement white lines at key junctions throughout the village 
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    Sedgwick Parish Council have logged all other faults we are aware of using the CCC reporting system. Please see the current Parish Council Highways Inventory in the reports for the April Meeting. If you see a fault PLEASE report here using the CCC reporting system.