The main Isle of Wight road between Newport and Yarmouth will fully reopen soon after two days of emergency works. 

Forest Road, outside Sydenham's Hire Centre and AMEY, was closed by teams from the Scottish and Southern Electricity Network (SSEN) on Wednesday (August 21).

As previously reported by the County Press, the reason for the closure was to allow engineers to locate and fix a mains fault.

Due to the emergency works, the section of Forest Road between Whitehouse Road and the Gunville Road traffic lights was closed.

Island Road has announced this lunchtime that the road "will be reopening soon."

Engineers have located and fixed the fault and, despite the weather, have been able to make "good progress re-instating the carriageway," the Island's highway service said.