Landslides
The stretch south of the Rest and be thankful junction has been closed on a number of occasions due to landslides, causing significant disruption to local traffic. The road was closed here due to a 400-ton landslide on 28 October 2007. The road was partially reopened on Monday 10 November. A 1,070 tonne landslide closed the road around noon on 8 September 2009. The road reopened at 15.00 on 10 September 2009. A landslip on 1 December 2011 closed the road for 24 hours, another closed the road from 22 February 2012, and an even more substantial landslip in August 2012 resulted in further major delays and closures
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