Residents welcome the news as paths in Hayton Woods are a step closer to being formally protected.
The Environment Agency says the county was taken out of drought status on 29 October.
Dozens of roads across Cumbria are hit by surface water flooding after a spell of heavy rain.
All 30 of Hayton's lampposts will be replaced with footway lighting until March 2026.
A Cumbria road which was due to be closed for seven weeks is still shut a year on.
The four men were found illegally scouring private farmland near Hayton at night in March 2022.
