Temporary Closure of New Road Common

16 August 2011

New Road Common will be temporarily unavailable from Sunday 11 September until Saturday 17 September.  This is so that South Lakeland District Council can carry out ground contamination testing in preparation for the ongoing project to regenerate this area of Kendal town centre. 

The travelling Fair will be using New Road Common from Friday 9 September until Sunday 11 September and then the whole area will be securely fenced off to allow bore hole testing to take place.  However, the council would like to point out that if all the work is completed before Saturday 17 September, New Road Common would be re-opened sooner.   

Councillor Graham Vincent, portfolio holder for Enterprise and Economy, said: “We want to give members of the public plenty of notice that New Road Common will be fenced off temporarily so that the ground contamination work can take place.  Once the work is completed, New Road will be re-opened.”