Carlisle flood defence works to get under way

Allerdale Council will be forced to debate proposals for the £29m stadium-led development following a bid by independent councillors to halt the scheme’s progress.

The contractor has been picked to build a cancer centre at Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle with the project due to complete in January 2021.

Cumbria County Council has backed plans for a £175m metallurgical coal mine on a brownfield site near Whitehaven with work set to get under way by the end of the year.

Thomas Armstrong Construction has kicked off the first phase of a flexible office development at Barrow’s Waterfront Business Park, bringing forward 15,000 sq ft over two blocks.

The contractor is set to sign a £19m deal to deliver the leisure centre in Carlisle, with the project on course to begin in the coming months around 10 years after it was first put forward.

The multi-disciplinary contractor has reported group revenue up by 6% to almost £3bn, with pre-tax profit reaching £81.6m in its full year results.

Carlisle City Council has given the go-ahead to a £19m redevelopment of the Sands Centre paving the way for the project to begin, nearly 10 years after it was first put forward.

Bamber Bridge-based contractor Eric Wright has started work to deliver a 23,000 sq ft extension at Queen Elizabeth School in Kirkby Lonsdale.

The long-troubled £10bn Moorside nuclear power project in Cumbria looks in grave danger following the announcement by Toshiba that it is to wind up the project's development vehicle NuGeneration.