Junctions 1-15 Carriageways & Slip & Link Roads - Road Closure to Enable Maintenance and Improvement Works
What is happening?
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 -
SECTION 14(1)(a) & 14(7)
THE M56 MOTORWAY (JUNCTIONS 1-15
CARRIAGEWAYS & SLIP & LINK ROADS)
(TEMPORARY RESTRICTION AND PROHIBITION
OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2023
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that National Highways
Limited (Company No. 09346363) intends to make
an Order on the M56 Motorway, in the Counties
of Greater Manchester and Cheshire, to enable
maintenance and improvement works; to be carried
out in safety.
The effect of the Order will be to impose restrictions and
prohibitions on the following lengths of carriageway:
(i) the M56 Motorway, in both directions, between
Junctions 1 and 15;
(ii) all slip and link roads leading to and from the
lengths of carriageway described above.
The works are expected to take place overnight
between 19:00 and 06:00 (07:00 on Saturday and
Sunday mornings) during a period starting on
Wednesday 3 January 2024 and ending on Sunday
22 December 2024.
The duration of each restriction or prohibition will
vary depending upon the nature of the work being
undertaken on each occasion.
During any road closures traffic will be diverted via
alternative junctions of the M56 Motorway and local
roads. These diversions will be clearly indicated by
traffic signs throughout the area.
The restrictions will not apply to emergency services
or special-forces vehicles, and the prohibitions
will not apply to emergency services, works,
winter maintenance, or traffic officer vehicles. The
restrictions and prohibitions will only apply during
such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by
traffic signs.
The Order comes into force on 2 January 2024 and
will expire on 22 December 2024.
To obtain a copy of the M56 Programme of
Works please contact the National Highways
Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000 or
info@nationalhighways.co.uk.
D Logan, an official of National Highways Limited,
Piccadilly Gate, Store Street, Manchester M1 2WD.
National Highways Limited, Bridge House, 1 Walnut
Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4LZ. Registered in
England & Wales number 09346363.
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