M42/M6 - Delivering Managed Motorways - Overnight Full Slip Road Closures

08 September 2009

Work will continue overnight next weekend to install new overhead gantries, signs and signals on the M42 & M6 as part of the expansion of the Managed Motorway (previously referred to as Active Traffic Management) scheme on the M42 and M6. The closures are part of a programme of works taking place throughout the Autumn.

The overnight closures for Friday 11 and Saturday 12 September are:
Total closure of the M6 northbound junction 4 to junction 5 Total closure of the M6 southbound junction 6 to junction 4 Total closure of the M42 northbound junction 7 to M6 northbound junction 4 link road Total closure of the M42 southbound junction 8 to M6 northbound junction 4A link road Total closure of the M6 junction 5 southbound entry slip road

Fully signed diversion routes will be in operation from junction 4 northbound of the M6, junction 6 southbound of the M6, junction 7 northbound of the M42, junction 8 southbound of the M42 and from the junction 5 southbound entry slip road at the A452
For traffic using the M6 northbound, heading for the north via the M6:
The diversion route from junction 4 is to leave the M6 and take the A446 northbound until its junction with the first roundabout. From there head west (first exit) on Coleshill Heath Road to reach the A452. The diversion route is then north / north west along the A452 (passing beneath the M6 at junction 5) to its junction with the A38 and then west on the A38, rejoining the M6 at junction 6. This will add approximately 5 miles and 20 minutes to the average journey.

For traffic using the M6 southbound, heading for the south via the M6 south:
The diversion route from junction 6 is to leave the M6 and take the A38 east to its junction with the A452, then south (passing beneath the M6 at Junction 5) following the A452 south east / south to the Coleshill Heath Road roundabout. The diversion route then follows the A446 to rejoin the M6 at Junction 4. This will add approximately 5 miles and 20 minutes to the average journey.

For traffic using the M6 southbound, heading for the south via the M6 junction 4A to M42 south link:
The diversion route from junction 6 is to leave the M6 and take the A38 east to its junction with the A452, then south (passing beneath the M6 at Junction 5) on the A452 south east / south to Coleshill Heath Road, then east to the Coleshill Heath Road / A446 Roundabout. The diversion then takes the second exit at this roundabout turning south (passing over the M6 junction 4) continuing south on the A446 / A452 to the junction with the A45. The route then follows the A45 to rejoin the M42 south at junction 6. This will add approximately 5 miles and 20 minutes to the average journey.

For traffic using the M6 Southbound, heading for the north via the M6 Junction 4a to M42 South link, the diversion route from Junction 6 is to exit the M6 and take the A38 east to its junction with the A452, then south (passing beneath the M6 at Junction 5) following the A452 South East / South to Coleshill Heath Road where traffic will turn East to the Coleshill Heath Road / A446 Roundabout. Traffic will take the first exit at this roundabout turning north on the A446 to join the M42 north at Junction 9. This will add approximately 7 miles and 20 minutes to the average journey.

For traffic using the M42 northbound, heading for the north via the M6:
The diversion route from junction 7 is north on the M42 to junction 9 where traffic will leave the motorway and take the A4097 west to its junction with the A38. The diversion route is then west on the A38. From the junction of the A38 and A452, the diversion route to the M6 junction 5 is south on the A452 to junction 5.
From the junction of the A38 / A452, the diversion route for the M6 junction 6 is west on the A38 to M6 Junction 6 where traffic can rejoin the motorway. This will add approximately 10 miles and 25 minutes to the average journey.

For traffic using the M42 southbound, heading for the north via the M6:
The diversion route from junction 8 is southbound on the M42 to junction 6 where traffic will leave the motorway and head east on the A45 before heading north / north west on the A452. The diversion follows the A452 (passing beneath the M6 at junction 5) to its junction with the A38. The route is then west on the A38 before rejoining the M6 at junction 6. This will add approximately 5 miles and 20 minutes to the average journey.

For traffic wishing to join the M6 using the junction 5 southbound entry slip:
The diversion shall be to continue east on the A452 / A446 to join the M42 south and northbound at junction 6 or the M6 southbound at junction 4. This will add approximately 5 miles and 15 minutes to the average journey.
The diversion routes will be clearly signed using a combination of the Highways Agency's variable message signs and temporary yellow signs in advance and on the nights of the closures.

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