The Carlisle Northern Development Route (CNDR) is a network to take traffic away from Carlisle city centre and improve transport links between West Cumbria, Scotland and the North East of England. Connect Roads was awarded the 30-year design, build, finance and maintenance contract by Cumbria County Council in 2009.

The project comprised of the construction of an 8.25km two-way single carriageway road from the M6 Junction 44 to the A595 south west of Carlisle. It also includes the management, operation and on-going investment in approximately 148km of other existing roads in Cumbria.