Follow the link below to take a tour along the route of the Carlisle Northern Development Route (CNDR).  This computer-generated 'flythrough' shows what the road will look like once it opens in 2012.

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Cumbria’s Carlisle Northern Development Route (CNDR) will be just over five miles (8.25 km) long. It will pass by the west of the city of Carlisle from the A595 near Newby West to junction 44 of the M6 near Kingmoor Park.

What are the benefits?

We have been preparing this scheme for some years and it is our top priority major transport scheme due to the numerous benefits it brings, including:

• Ease congestion and improve journey times in Carlisle by taking commercial and other through-traffic out of the city;
  
• Improve the economy and employment prospects in the area by helping attract up to 5,500 new jobs, particularly at the Kingmoor Park business  site;
  
• Improve transport links between West Cumbria, Scotland and the North East by connecting the M6/A69/A74/A595 without sending traffic through Carlisle. 

What about the route?

Building the CNDR will involve constructing three bridges, including a totally new crossing over the river Eden - the original design for the new bridge and the surrounding area had to be amended following the Carlisle floods of January 2005.

The route will also have cycle ways along its entire length.

Cumbria County Council has worked with a wide range of organisations, including Natural England, English Heritage and the Environment Agency to get the plans right and everything possible has been done to safeguard the environment and wildlife in the area, including otters in the River Eden.

For further information call the Highways Hotline on 0845 609 6609 or email us at contact@cumbriahighways.org.uk.