Road closures for tree felling and wall repairs
BBCMotorists are being warned of disruption on a stretch of a busy western route on the Isle of Man to allow for dead trees to be cut down.
Daytime closures will be in place between Ballig Bridge and Lambfell Chapel on the A3 from 09:30 to 15:30 GMT until 13 March while work takes place in the Glen Helen area.
The Department of Infrastructure said work would also be carried out to stabilise a river retaining wall.
As a result of those works, temporary traffic lights will be in operation in the area of the Black Dub outside of hours of the closure itself.
That work, being carried out by a contractor, involves creating trenches in the carriageway, DOI said.
Those traffic control measures were expected to stay in place beyond the closure period, until the river wall works were completed.
The tree felling – being undertaken by the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture - involves removing "unsafe roadside trees affected by ash dieback and Dutch elm disease".
It follows on from similar works carried out in late 2025 but will this time focus on trees on the opposite side of the road to Sarah's Cottage and Lambfell Chapel.
Diversions will be via the Peel to Kirk Michael Coast Road during the daytime closures.
The road is expected to remain open during the weekend of 7 and 8 March, when no work will be carried out.
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