THE A595 at Dove Ford Farm, connecting Furness and West Cumbria, has now reopened to traffic after it was closed for emergency repairs to a farm building.
Cumbria County Council announced last Thursday that traffic was to be blocked from passing Dove Ford Farm, near Grizebeck, travelling in a northerly direction for 100m and C5041 Buckhorn Lane from the junction with the A595 travelling in a north easterly direction for 1km.
The road block is for urgent repairs on old farm buildings along the roadside, and South Lakeland District Council applied to the county council for the emergency road closure.
The closure was expected to last five days, but may be shortened if the work can be finished more quickly than planned. Residents reported that drivers were continuing to use the road on Friday because of the absence of signs.
Cumbria County Council said due to the last-minute nature of the request from SLDC, it may have taken until the afternoon to get all of the relevant blocks in place.
The road was reopened yesterday.
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