Good weather helps work on Snake Pass landslip repairs

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Good weather helps work on Snake Pass landslip repairs
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Engineers say they expect to have to the road reopened by Friday after making good progress

A stretch of Derbyshire road damaged by landslips is expected to reopen on Friday, engineers have said.

The road was damaged by heavy weather in February 2022 when temporary speed limits and weight restrictions came into force to protect the carriageway.In an update, posted on Facebook, the council said: "Thanks to some sunny weather and the patience of local road users, we've made good progress on the repairs to the landslips along the A57 Snake Pass this week."

The road is currently closed in both directions, from the summit of Snake Pass to the turning for the Upper Derwent visitor centre at Fairholmes. Council cabinet member for highways assets and transport Kewal Singh Athwal said: "With the weather conditions now improving, we've taken the opportunity to carry out repairs to the two sections of road damaged by last year's landslips as soon as we could and before the busy bank holiday weekend.

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