Via Gellia: Busy Derbyshire road set for another closure – to allow for emergency tree works due to safety concerns
Derbyshire motorists are warned of disruption as the A5012 will see another set of road closures this week.
An overnight road closure will be in place at the A5012 between Grangemill and Newhaven to allow for emergency tree works.
The road will be closed from 7pm to 6am every night this week (from Monday, December 15, to Friday, December 19).
A spokesperson for Derbyshire County Council said: “We need to carry out emergency work to remove unstable trees at risk of falling due to ash dieback disease.
“We realise that this will be a real inconvenience to those who regularly use this road and apologise in advance, but public safety must come first. Diversions will be in place.”
The emergency tree works come after a series of road closures at Via Gellia in recent week caused by safety concerns following Storm Claudia, which saw some of the trees affected by Ash Die Back fall down, damaging a car and blocking the road.
Last Tuesday (December 9) theroad was closed between the Bonsall turn and the junction with the B5056 due to high winds.
Via Gellia was also closed for a week in November to allow for emergency tree works which saw a number of trees removed.