Last updated at 08:55, Tuesday, 09 February 2010

A COUNCIL-LED campaign has been launched to tackle a town’s on-going pothole problem.

The Together We Can scheme is being rolled out in Millom after successful launches in other parts of the county, including Barrow and Carlisle.

The programme focuses on whatever issues are raised by residents.

Project leader Mary Kipling said Millom’s potholed roads would be a priority.

Ms Kipling, neighbourhood development officer for Cumbria County Council, said: “We are going to get highways down to see if they can do some pothole repairs and also check others out.

“We are also going to do door-to-door visits with Streetsafe and the fire service, so they can do some safety checks.

“In Cleator Moor they made a visible difference to the potholes. It is not going to solve everything but it is going to make a difference. Differences can be made in the short term.”

Together We Can involves Cumbria County Council, the county’s district councils, police, the fire service and the NHS.

In Cleator Moor residents flagged up a need for better road safety awareness.

There, the Together We Can scheme organised a demonstration in which Copeland MP Jamie Reed was cut out of a car wreck in front of spectators in the town centre.

A spokesman for Cumbria County Council said: “Together We Can is about improving people’s lives. They go in and speak to residents.

“It is not about just asking people what they want, it is about giving them what they want.

“They go into a place for a week or two weeks. It is a quick fix, to see what can be done in that time.”

The Together We Can project visited Vickerstown in Barrow in October 2008 and Ulverston in November 2008.

First published at 13:00, Thursday, 04 February 2010
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