Major road will be closed for three nights

Felled trees needed to be replanted in the area

A major road will be closed for three weeknights as part of works to replant felled trees in the area.

National Highways will shut the A14 eastbound, near Ipswich, between 20:00 GMT and 06:00 on Thursday, Friday and Monday.

Drivers will be unable to use the carriageway between junction 55 and 56 and will be diverted around the area.

The highways agency has been removing diseased trees suffering from ash dieback and replanting new trees of native species.

Drivers will be diverted off the carriageway at junction 55 to the A1214 and will have to bear left on to Yarmouth Road/Colchester Road.

At the end of Colchester Road, they will have to turn on to Woodbridge Road and travel along there before continuing on to the A12 southbound, and later rejoin the A14 at junction 58.

Drivers will be diverted off the A14 during the overnight road closures

National Highway said the new tree species had been "carefully chosen to ensure local habitats flourish", but the work was weather permitting.

Ash dieback is a fungal disease that causes the deterioration and eventual death of ash trees.

Management of this was a "crucial part" of National Highways' maintenance to control and reduce the spread to other trees along the A14.

"If the infected and dead trees are not removed, they may eventually pose a safety hazard," National Highways said on its website.

Other similar works on the A14 in Suffolk took place earlier this year.