M20 to close to allow for Operation Brock deployment
The M20 will be closed between Maidstone and Ashford overnight on Wednesday 16 July from 8pm to allow the Operation Brock contraflow to be deployed at the request of the Kent & Medway Resilience Forum. The contraflow system is being deployed on a 13-mile section of the M20 between junctions 8 Maidstone and 9 Ashford, […]
Suffolk politicians renew calls to resolve A14 issues
Leaders in Suffolk are renewing calls to resolve issues on the A14 – including a plea to “speed up” the delivery of rail infrastructure projects in the region. West Suffolk MP Nick Timothy believes progress on the Ely to Haughley railway junctions will improve problems on Suffolk’s major trunk road, due to more freight being moved by […]
Closures planned for Rest and Be Thankful route over summer
The Rest and Be Thankful stretch of the A83 has “a number of road closures” planned for the next two months, a report has revealed. A Transport Scotland official has also advised that roadworks with temporary lights are set for Arrochar over a six-week period. Further details have also been published of works at other […]
National Highways reveals solution to prevent further A40 rockfalls
Details have been revealed of work to prevent future rockfalls onto the A40 near the England-Wales border. National Highways is to install steel mesh and bolts across the slope on Leys Bend on the stretch crossing from Herefordshire into Monmouthshire. Part of the road, blocked due to rockfall last year, will be reopened once the […]
Dartford Tunnel reopens after closure leads to six-mile long queues
The closure of one of the tunnels at Dartford Crossing for emergency repairs saw six miles of congestion at the height of the queues. Even after the anticlockwise tunnel reopened, there was still congestion until Sunday evening the M25. The tunnel has since re-opened. National Highways said emergency repairs had to be carried out to the road […]
Drivers warned ahead of weekend M25 closures
Drivers have been warned of disruption as a section of the M25 is planned to close until Monday. The closure of the motorway’s junction 10, near Wisley, and junction 11, near Woking, in both directions, is part of £317m improvement works to add extra lanes. Disruption will last from Friday 21:00 GMT to 06:00 on […]
RAC responds to M25 closures
Ahead of National Highways closing the M25 twice in March – starting this weekend – RAC Breakdown spokesperson Alice Simpson said: “Without careful planning, drivers could face some really lengthy tailbacks during the eight days of M25 closures that start this weekend. We expect diversion routes, especially along the A3, to become heavily congested. “Anyone with a […]
Drivers advised to plan journeys ahead of M4 closures
Drivers are being urged to plan their journeys and allow extra time to travel as capacity is set to be reduced on a section of the M4 in Berkshire and Wiltshire until early March. National Highways is carrying out essential resurfacing of the eastbound carriageway between junctions 14 and 15, near Membury services. To allow […]
Final A1 Black Cat to Biggleswade works to commence
National Highways has completed a number of upgrades to the A1 between the Black Cat roundabout (where the A1 meets the A421 just south of St Neots) and Biggleswade in Bedfordshire over the last few years. In September 2024, the final maintenance work to signs and the resurfacing will commence. The agency says that it […]
First of M25 J28 weekend closures start tomorrow
National Highways is moving towards the next phase of its M25 improvement work, building the new gantry base at Junction 28. To do this safely, the agency will close Junction 28’s clockwise exit slip road for seven weekends to cause the least amount of disruptive for road users. Other options, such as putting continuous traffic […]
