The facts
Client: Cumbria County
Council
Location: Flimby,
Maryport
Services: Site survey and
assessment, landowner negotiation, ecological survey and
monitoring, design and contract
management
Sector: Sports and
Leisure
Start/Completion: 2007 – 2008
The project
Capita Symonds was commissioned by
Cumbria County Council to resolve the routing of part of the
Hadrian’s Cycleway (Route 72) through Flimby, West
Cumbria.
Once a suitable route was negotiated Capita
Symonds undertook the design and managed the implementation of the
new section of cycleway. The project involved the detailed
investigation of a number of route options, extensive landowner
negotiation involving local farmers and multi national
companies.
Implementation of the project included the
monitoring of ecological impacts, negotiations with utility
companies and the Environment Agency.
On completion, local schoolchildren were
involved in planting native trees and shrubs to enhance the scheme.
The project has not only successfully plugged an import gap in an
increasingly busy long distance route but has also provided a
valuable commuter route and an important local circular walk for
Flimby residents.