Gas main work postponed due to bridge repairs

Major roadworks in a town centre have been paused so as not to clash with upcoming repairs to a nearby bridge.

Engineers had started work to replace 1.8 miles (3km) of gas pipes in Woodbridge Road in Ipswich. Temporary traffic lights and side-road closures were expected.

But gas distributor Cadent said the project would be put on hold while the repairs take place at the A14 Orwell Bridge.

Ipswich MP Jack Abbott had raised concerns about impacts on traffic in the town if the two projects had run simultaneously.

The work in Woodbridge Road had not long started and was due to last six months.

The BBC has been told that while no date has been set for the work to resume, it will need to be carried out in the future.

Cadent previously said it needed to replace "ageing metallic gas pipes" dating from 1907 with "tough new plastic ones".

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