Improving transport, walking and digital connectivity

Cumbria’s crucial road links are set to benefit from major investment, delivering safer, faster, and more reliable journeys, an announcement which has been hailed by Trudy Harrison MP. 

Two Cumbrian MPs are celebrating the news that improvements are to be made to an ‘infamous bottleneck’ road following their joint campaign effort.

More than 127,000 homes and businesses are now able to order faster speeds, thanks to the county council’s multi-million pound Connecting Cumbria partnership with BT and Openreach, the UK’s largest telephone and broadband network.

Trudy Harrison has hit out at Northern Rail following changes to its enhanced services that will see trains limit the number of stops at rural stations on the Cumbria Coast Line.

Trudy Harrison has celebrated the return of the Sunday rail service by taking a whistle-stop tour of the Cumbria Coast Line.

Trudy Harrison has welcomed news that 93 per cent of her constituents now have access to fibre-optic broadband.

Trudy Harrison MP has hit out at Government statistics, stating that pityfully poor connectivity is holding back her constituency’s businesses and people living in isolated villages.

Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling writes...

When I visited Cumbria during the election I made a promise – I promised action on the A595.