Work starts at new fire stations in Cumbria
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Work has started on three of five new community fire stations in Cumbria.
Three fire and rescue authorities in the North West have signed private finance deals worth a combined £48m to build 16 community fire stations.
Along with Cumbria's five new stations, seven will be built in Merseyside and four in Lancashire.
The new Cumbrian stations are at Patterdale - where the new station will be built on the site of the existing one - Carlisle East and Carlisle West.
Carlisle's flood-hit station at Rickergate is being replaced with the two new city centre sites at Durranhill and Newtown.
A new station at Penrith station will be built at the Kemplay Bank roundabout in a project beginning in May 2011.
Workington's new fire station will be built next year at Moorclose.
Cumbrian firm Border Construction and Balfour Beatty will build all five Cumbrian sites.