Keswick residents will be among key stakeholders in a proposed community parking scheme for the back streets area of the town who will be invited to consultation meetings, which should begin around the end of July.
The consultation, organised by Cumbria County Council, will involve representatives of local councils, guest house owners and the emergency services, as well as people living in the roads which house many B&Bs.
It covers the area including Blencathra Street and Helvellyn Street, along with Southey Street and Skiddaw Street, plus adjoining roads.
Once the early consultation had been completed, a wider consultation within Keswick would begin.
But Keswick’s county councillor Tony Lywood warned there would need to be general agreement amongst all those concerned before before any scheme was given the go ahead.
Details were given during an update on Keswick Transport Study by Steph Davies-Johnson, from the county council, and Emma Moody, from the national park authority, to Keswick Town councillors at a recent meeting.
Mrs Davies-Johnson told councillors the study group was looking at making the temporary one-way system on Station Road and St John’s Street, which was introduced under COVID regulations almost a year ago, into a permanent Traffic Regulation Order.
This would mean signage would improve but tweaks to the scheme were needed before the go-ahead was given, including the positioning of loading bays.
She also told town councillors that “positive feedback” had been received on the cycle lane at High Hill in Keswick, but a few design tweaks were needed.
Ms Moody said matters were progressing on the cycle routes around nearby lakes.
She told councillors that some part funding was in place for a route around Derwentwater, but more was still needed.
She claimed it was early days in the search for funding for a cycle way around Thirlmere and that it was hoped Highways England could come up with funding for a route around Bassenthwaite.
