1 week Ago By [email protected] (Naomi DeSouza)
Motorists on the M42 have been alerted to upcoming slip road closures and diversions for parts of next week. National Highways has cautioned drivers in the Midlands they will need to follow a diversion route as safety and capacity enhancements are carried out on the busy stretch of motorway near Birmingham Airport. The slip lane closure will occur near the Birmingham Airport M42 exit, but it is anticipated that disruption near BHX will be minimal.
Drivers have been reminded that they can use a new airport road which opened in December last year. The closures will take place overnight and will affect drivers from Solihull , Birmingham, Coventry and beyond. As part of the slip road closures, motorists have been advised to use the new A4545 to access the A45 westbound and Birmingham Airport.
READ MORE: New Coventry business park set to create 1,000 jobs Overnight closures will affect the northbound M42 junction 6 entry and exit slip roads on Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 April. Traffic management is being removed to restore two lanes on the entry to the motorway. Diversions will be signposted, directing drivers to join the M42 southbound, exit at junction 5 and then return northbound.
Northbound exit slip road closures will occur on Wednesday 30 April, Thursday 1 May and Friday 2 May, reports Birmingham Live . National Highways are removing the free flow link from the northbound M42 junction 6 exit to the A45 westbound, one lane of the northbound exit slip road and a section of lane 1 on the junction 6 roundabout. For the safe installation of traffic management, diversions have been put in place.
Motorists are advised to use the new A4545 as an alternative to the free flow link for accessing the A45 westbound and Birmingham Airport. National Highways has also confirmed that the M42 will remain open as a diversion route for traffic affected by the HS2 closure of the A46 near Coventry. Additionally, road authorities have published a diversion map for motorists to follow.
Monday 28 and Tuesday 29 April - northbound entry slip road closures Highways are taking out traffic management to restore two lanes on the entry to the M42: Diversions - Follow signs and join the M42 southbound to exit at junction 5 and then return northbound. Wednesday April 30, Thursday 1 and Friday 2 May National Highways are removing the free flow link from the northbound M42 junction 6 exit for the A45 westbound, 1 lane of the northbound exit slip road and a section of lane 1 on the junction 6 roundabout. To install traffic management safely: Diversions - Instead of the free flow link, motorists have been told to use the new A4545 to access the A45 westbound and Birmingham Airport.
Alternatively: National Highways say the M42 will remain open as a diversion route for traffic affected by HS2 closure of the A46 near Coventry. Roads bosses have also published a diversion map for motorists to follow..
