COUNCIL Tax payers living in an average household in Ulverston will be asked to contribute an extra 8.5 pence a week after the town council increased its precept to raise an additional £17,500 in revenue.

The total cost per annum of the town precept will be on average £44 per household.

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Projects the council has agreed to fund next year include a new pathway from Next Ness to Greenodd; repair and clearing in Gill Banks, creation of 20mph limits in the town; pavement repairs and upgrades, repairing Sir John Barrow cottage and contributing to the new Market Hall toilets.