Mountain Road closes this morning ahead of Festival of Motorcycling
The Mountain Road closes this morning as the final countdown to this year’s Festival of Motorcycling gets underway.
Department of Infrastructure workers will be making final preparations for the festival, which starts on August 22.
This morning, the route will be shut to vehicles and pedestrians between the Ramsey Hairpin and the Creg-ny-Baa.
It’ll close at 9.30am and reopen again no later than 4pm.
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