A footbridge linking the new secondary school at Bemahague in Onchan with the Governor’s Hill estate, in Douglas, will soon be in place.

This week, the Mountain Road has been closed between Signpost Corner and Governor’s Bridge, while a team of workers install the 50-tonne bridge.

Department of Education and Children estates director Richard Collister said the bridge would provide safe pedestrian access over the busy A18 TT course at Hailwood Avenue corner.

It is hoped that the bridge – which has a clear span of 22 metres – will be in use by the public by late November.

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