Six months of road closures during work on gas main

Parts of a town centre road will be closed during six months of work on a gas main.

Woodbridge Road in Ipswich will have traffic lights and side-road closures when the work begins on 22 April.

Gas distributor Cadent said it would be replacing 1.8 miles (3km) of gas pipes. The work is due to finish in October.

The work on Woodbridge Road will be carried out in phases, with closures moving along the 1.1 mile (1.7km) stretch of road.

Cadent said it needed to replace "ageing metallic gas pipes" dating from1907 with "tough new plastic ones".

Project manager Gary Tidman said: "We know it's far from ideal to have any sort of road closures or traffic management in place in what is a busy area, but we have worked hard with the local authorities to create a plan that keeps traffic flowing and maintains access for local businesses and residents.

"We are also making use of the school half-term and summer holidays to keep disruption to a minimum, but we will continue to work with the Highways Agency to ensure that they are happy with the progression we are making and the plans that are in place."

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