More than 1,000 trees to be cut down along major county route as ash dieback spreads

ROAD CLOSURES PLANNED ALONG VIA GELLIA

- By ZENA HAWLEY

DERBYSHIRE County Council is starting further work today to remove more than 1,000 trees affected by ash dieback disease along the Via Gellia.

From today, it will be impossible to travel along the road (A5012) on weekdays from 8am until 4pm, from just after Woodside Cafe at the junction with the road to Bonsall up to Grangemill (the junction with the B5056).

There will also be a short-term closure of the road from Cromford to Bonsall towards the end of February. Signed diversions will be in place when the road is closed via A6 Matlock Bath, A6 Matlock, A6 Darley Dale, A6 Bakewell, A6 Taddington, A6 Blackwell, A5270, A515 Newhaven, A5012 to Grangemill and vice versa. All work is expected to be completed by February 28.