Roads to close across Island ahead of expected flooding

Coastal overtopping expected in exposed areas

A number of roads across the Island are to be shut overnight due to predicted coastal overtopping and flooding.

From midnight no vehicles will be allowed:

• Along the length of Castletown Promenade - from its junction with Shore Road to its junction with King Williams College
• Along the length of Shore Road in Port St Mary - from its junction at the bottom of Fishers Hill to its junction with Castletown Road/Beach Road
• On West Quay, Market Place, East Street, Christian Street, West Street and Derby Road in Ramsey
• Along the length of Queens Promenade, Ramsey, from its junction with Dale Street to its junction with Queens Drive East.  
• Along the length of Harris, Central and Queens Promenades in Douglas, from the junction with Summerhill Road to the junction with Church Road Marina.
• Along the entire length of Laxey promenade.

They'll all be closed until 4am on Thursday (22 August).

Emergency access will be maintained throughout the period of the closure.