Overview
We look after most of the roads in Cumberland. In the colder months of the year, between October and April, our winter road maintenance plan is in action across Cumberland.
If the weather forecast shows that cold, icy and snowy weather is due, we will send our gritters out to spread salt on our network of Priority gritting routes.
View our our daily gritting map
Weather cameras
Cumberland has a number of weather stations dotted around the county. As part of these sites, a large number have live feed CCTV.
View live weather road conditions across Cumberland on our weather cameras.
National Highways
National Highways look after and grit 4 major roads in Cumberland. These are the:
- M6
- A66
- A595 - from the A66 to Calder Bridge
- A69 - from Carlisle M6, Junction 43, heading east
Key roads in Cumberland - the resilient road network
Find out which roads are maintained during periods of extreme weather in our resilient road network map.
Winter Ready advice
Find out more about Winter Ready advice.