The road linking St Johns with Tynwald Mills will be closed for a fortnight from today.

Road resurfacing works has closed the road from the junction at Tynwald Hill down to the Glen Mooar Loop Road/Tynwald Mill Road.

The Department of Infrastructure has said there will be no public access to part of the road throughout the period of the closure.

However, all shops at Tynwald Mills will be open and access to Tynwald Mills, and other businesses and houses on the Tynwald Mills Road will be available via the Poortown Road junction with Glen Mooar Road.

Diversion are deployed in St Johns, Ballacraine and Ballig to guide traffic to Tynwald Mills via the Poortown Road.

The Department for Infrastructure has said the roadworks will be finished ’no later than Sunday February 23’.