Path repair and access improvement work on the Coast to Coast in the high fells of the Lake District

Tender description

The Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) invites contractors to submit a tender for the following work Anglers Crag (Lot 1, estimated value £18,000) The works will include: • Sourcing and flying appropriate stone • Pitching / better defining the approach for the first section of bedrock • Robust repair to section of revetment wall • Landscaping of side route associated with first section of bedrock • Landscaping section of side route associated with second section of bedrock • Landscaping to remove third side route (if approaching from head of the lake) Intersect between Loft Beck and Moses Trod (Lot 2, estimated value £5,000, including the price of a provision sum of £1,000 for installation of a replacement gate) The works will be undertaken by hand, and will include: • Landscaping to reduce to one line through collapse and grade in of banks • Addressing drainage issues, addressing flow of small beck and improve drainage from above • Removal of cairn • Installation of a replacement gate (tbc). A provisional sum of £1,000 has been allocated in the pricing table. Please use this provisional sum for the purpose of tender submission Approach to Fleetwith Tramway (Lot 3, estimated value £40,000) The works will include: • Defining/Improving the definitive line (footpath) that joins Fleetwith Tramway (with machine) • Eradicating the line of the “corner cut” and undertaking practical work to reduce its attractiveness • Re-profiling 1,000sqm of peat hags Keywords: Path repairs, Upland works