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Residents raise traffic concerns as new Aldi development leads to road closures

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Aldi's new store development in Egremont is expected to create up to 40 jobs.

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Share Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in the area. The Public Notice Portal carries statutory public notices published in local newspapers and is the fastest and most effective way of finding out what is happening in YOUR neighbourhood. RESIDENTS are frustrated by the impact of multiple road closures, surrounding a new Aldi store in a West Cumbrian town, claiming a lack of communication from Cumberland Council. Cumberland Council has implemented a network of changes to the road network as development of the new store continues on East Road, Egremont. Causeway One Network shows that road closures are currently in place on Brisco Mount, Dent View and East Road near the development. Closures on Brisco Mount and Dent View make way for resurfacing works by Cumberland Council while the closure on East Road facilitates work by SP Electricity North West. Demolition of the Esso Garage on East Road, making way for development of the new Aldi supermarket. (Image: Google Street View) W.E. Hartley, of Wyndham Drive and his wife, said that the closures are impacting homeowners on: Wyndham Drive, Wyndham Place, Wyndrigg Close, Brisco Road, Brisco Mount, Riverside Drive, Dent View, and East Road. "We've had no communication from Cumberland Council whatsoever," he said adding that the closures are affecting the movements and daily lives of tax-paying residents in the area...

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A company spokesperson said that development of the new store will create up to 40 jobs.

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Headcount growth

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Egremont, Cumbria, United Kingdom

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40

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Sep 9, 2026
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