Motorists heading to Birmingham Airport and NEC today warned of planned road closure on M42
Motorists heading to Birmingham Airport or the NEC today have been warned of a planned road closure due to an earlier collision.
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National Highways West Midlands announced that the M42 southbound at J6 NEC will be closed from noon today for around one hour to allow for emergency repairs to be carried out.
This is due to a vehicle colliding with the bullnose at the end of the safety barrier on the M42 junction 6 southbound exit slip road.
The bullnose is the metal plate at the end of a barrier that is designed to concertina on impact and take the force of a collision.
A spokesperson for NHWM said: "At around noon today we will be closing the southbound exit slip road at M42 junction 6 for about an hour to replace it.
"Traffic will be diverted down to junction 5 and then turn around to return on the northbound carriageway to junction 6."
