A key road in the Lake District has reopened today after being closed since November.
The A592 at High Kingate, between Troutbeck and the Kirkstone Pass Inn, was shut in November due to a significant landslip.
The road fully re-opened at lunchtime today, following extensive repairs carried out by Westmorland and Furness Council.
Work began in May to stabilise the road, which connects Windermere and Ullswater, and included rebuilding and strengthening the embankment with 70 steel soil nails, engineered coarse rock fill, and a newly constructed retaining wall faced with natural slate.
Flexible steel mesh was applied to further stabalise the banking and the road has been fully reconstructed, including new foundations, surfacing, drainage and road markings.
Additional improvements were made during the closure.
A Westmorland and Furness Council spokesman said: "While the road was closed for the landslip repairs, we've also taken the opportunity to carry out some other maintenance works on this stretch of road, including drainage repairs, inspection and stabilisation works to the rock face at Raven Crag, repairing potholes and removing invasive Himalayan Balsam and some trees affected by Ash dieback."
The embankment was finished with topsoil, seeding, and erosion control matting to encourage vegetation growth, which will eventually cover the steel mesh and soil nails.
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