Diversions due as three weeks of overnight closures begin on M6
A number of diversions will be in place as three weeks of overnight and midweek closures start on the M6 in the West Midlands.
Drivers are being advised to leave more time for their journeys when the restrictions come into force from tomorrow.
Overnight closures will operate over three consecutive weekends this month so existing overhead sign gantries can be dismantled and removed and new gantries can be installed.
It is as part of the £126.4 million managed motorways scheme. The M6 will be closed both northbound and southbound on Friday and Saturday nights over three consecutive weekends until Saturday 27 April.
On April 12 and 13, both carriageways between junction five at Castle Bromwich and junction six, Spaghetti, will be closed overnight.
On April 19, closures will be in place northbound between junction seven at Great Barr and and junction eight for the M5 and southbound at junction eight. Northbound M6 traffic wishing to continue north on the M6 beyond junction seven can follow the signed diversion route from junction seven of the M6 via the A34, A4148 and A454 to rejoin the M6 north at junction 10 for Walsall.
On April 20, closures will be in place northbound at junction eight and on the southbound carriageway between junction 10 and junction seven.
Signed diversions will be in place at junction eight via the M5 southbound, turning at junction one and returning northbound on the M5 to rejoin the M6 northbound at junction eight.
Traffic wishing to continue south on the M6 beyond junction 10 can follow the signed diversion route from junction 10 of the M6 via the A454, A4148 and A34 to rejoin the M6 southbound at junction seven.
On April 21, there will be closures in place northbound between the junction eight link to the M5. A diversion route to junction nine of the M6 at Wednesbury and then returning southbound to leave the M6 at junction eight to join the M5 southbound will be in place.
On Monday April 22 and Tuesday April 23, overnight closures will be in place, southbound between junction seven, and, on April 24 and 26, northbound from junction six to junction seven.
The final overnight closure will take place on April 26 and 27 on both carriageways between junction seven and junction six.
Highways Agency project manager Rob Edwards, said: "Closing the M6 also ensures the safety of road workers and the travelling public as the road workers will be working overhead and will be working with large and heavy equipment."
