Cemetery Road closed for traffic yesterday - a situation which could last up to 16 months as BELCO prepares to add two new engines to its plant.

They will add an additional 29 megawatts of power to help cope with growing electricity demand.

Cemetery Road is expected to re-open by April next year with the new engines expected to be operating by summer 2005.

The road is closed between Cemetery Lane and the north side of Gorham's bridge. Businesses with access to Cemetery Road are Gorham's, Animal and Garden House, CNC Automated Carpentry, Adventure Travel, TreeCon Ltd and Central Filing.