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Harrison & Hetherington is investing around £350,000 to roof the remainder of the uncovered livestock pens and yard pennage renewal at Borderway, Carlisle.
The work, part of the mart company’s continued investment in its sales centres across the north to provide the best possible facilities for its customers, is expected to begin in June and be completed in time for the busy autumn sheep and cattle sales programme at Carlisle.
The galvanised steel construction with fibre cement sheeting and roof lights is the third span of the roof and it will cover 1,295 square metres including some existing buildings.
Borderway’s yard can pen up to 15,000 sheep or 4,000 cattle at
any one time and the final stage of the roofing will further enhance
the facilities for the centre’s successful annual Agri Expo event – the
third is to be staged on Friday October 30.
“It has always been our ambition to complete the third span of the roof
and this will mean the entire Borderway yard pennage is under cover,” said
Harrison & Hetherington operations director David Pritchard.
“The new roof will greatly enhance the facilities for our sales and for
the Borderway Agri Expo event enabling us to expand it further,” he added.
The roof has been designed by Carlisle architects Johnston and Wright and the successful contractor for the work which is expected to take eight weeks to complete, is Story Construction, of Carlisle.
Plans are also under way for a significant investment to renew a large number of the existing livestock pennage at Borderway which has been in service for almost 35 years since the centre opened at Rosehill in 1974.
Mr Pritchard said work to replace fatigued metal pens was a further re-investment in the business and enhancing the facilities for livestock producing customers.
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