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Closure to allow Mountain Road spillage clean-up

BBC The Mountain Road stretching from the Bungalow through to Brandywell. It is on a sloping mountainside covered in heathland. There is a building at the Bungalow on the right with cars parked in front of it and there are three cars travelling on the road. There is a metal footbridge over the road on the left.BBC
A section of the A18 from the Bangalow to the Creg Ny Baa will be closed

A section of the Isle of Man TT course connecting the Manx capital with the north is set to close to allow for a clean-up operation.

The emergency closure on the A18 Mountain Road, which stretches from the Creg Ny Baa to the Bungalow, will be in place from 09:30 until 12:00 BST.

The Department of Infrastructure (DOI) said a private contractor had "accidently spilt bitumous material onto the carriageway"

The department said an attempt would be made to plane the substance off the carriageway between Brandywell and the Bungalow before the road was re-inspected.

Initial efforts by the contractor to clear it off the surface had "met with only limited success" on Tuesday, it added.

The closure would also enable the team to inspect the condition of the road following the spillage.

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