The maintenance team at Highway Services will undertake planned work in two stages on the A18 Mountain Road as of next week.
The works are to ensure that the road remains fit for public use throughout the year and is prepared for the upcoming road race season.
The Department of Infrastructure (DOI) say in order to minimise the impact of these works and maximise the opportunities to complete works in the planned timeframe, it aims to take a slightly different approach this year.
Rather than a full closure across the whole Mountain, the work will be undertaken in two stages.
The DOI says that this approach is possible as unlike last year there are no works planned that require significant excavation of the highway.
Mountain Road closures
Stage one will see Ramsey Hairpin to Bungalow close and will commence from next Monday (April 22) at 6am until Tuesday (April 23) at 10pm.
Stage two will see Bungalow to Creg-Ny-Baa close from 6am on Monday, April 29 until 10pm on Tuesday, April 30.
These half mountain closures will be on a 24 hour basis as this allows extended hours to be worked and allows individual work sites to be left in situ, as to demobilise and make safe between days would tend to extend the overall closure period.
It also means that commuters from the North are able to use the Sulby/Tholt-y-Will/ Douglas route during the first of the closure periods.
Road works
Planned works include, but not limited to:
• Carriageway asphalt repairs
• Gully and drainage inspection and clearance
• Line marking
• Early season hedging and grass cutting (limited to areas required for road safety reasons)
• Black and white kerb painting
• Mountain Road bridges painting
• Sweeping
• Installation of signage ahead of the TT one-way system
• Deployment of signs and barriers for race closures
• Installation of electronic red flag system
• Testing of one way lights/barriers at Creg-Ny-Baa
• Snaefell Mountain Railway road signal maintenance
The DOI have linked with the TT race organisers, who have arranged for their contractors to install all their race related equipment at the same time.
This work includes placement of:
• Recticel safety barriers
• Signalling kit
• Marshal shelters
• Marshal and TV scaffold towers
• Portable toilets
• Equipment boxes
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