The multi million pound infrastructure improvement scheme at Durranhill industrial estate on the outskirts of Carlisle has been completed.

Cumbria LEP invested £2m in the project from the Growth Deal to deliver access improvements and site servicing, together with a key contribution from the Homes and Communities Agency.

The aim is to attract more businesses to this key M6 corridor employment site and help to boost the local business economy, opening up opportunities for growing SMEs and for new businesses to be created here or attracted to the area.

The work undertaken by Carlisle City Council has included a new road link from Eastern Way into the existing estate road network and access to vacant land adjoining Cavaghan & Gray’s Riverbank site which will release a further 3.3 hectares for development. It also involved the widening of Brunel Way and improvements to electrical infrastructure and landscaping.

Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership director Graham Haywood said: “We’re pleased to see one of the LEP’s major projects in Carlisle come to fruition. Durranhill is an important Growth Deal investment which is contributing to our economic priorities to support infrastructure improvements and exploit the strategic connectivity of the M6 corridor.”