Abnormal load journey due on A140 postponed
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Abnormal loads have passed through Ipswich in the recent years
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An 81-metre (266ft) generator due to travel across the East of England on Sunday will no longer be making the journey.
Highway teams had been preparing to escort the 356-tonne abnormal load from Ipswich Docks at 06:00 BST to the Synchronous Condenser Plant at Yaxley, Suffolk - a journey of about 21 miles (34km).
The procedure would have involved a seven-hour closure of the A140, with diversions in place.
However Suffolk Highways announced on X a delay due to "unforeseen operational issues" and that further updates would be provided.
Plans had been in place for a second abnormal load - a 164-tonne electrical transformer - to be moved a week later, taking the same route.
It is not yet known whether Sunday's delay will affect the journey next weekend.
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