M4 Motorway - Prohibition Of Traffic For Bridge Deck Repairs Works

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)(a) and (7)
THE M4 MOTORWAY (PRINCE OF WALES BRIDGE)
(TEMPORARY RESTRICTION AND PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2024

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Secretary of State for Transport intends to make an Order on the M4 Motorway in South Gloucestershire and the County of Monmouthshire to enable bridge deck repairs and associated maintenance to be carried out in safety.

The effect of the Order would be to:

(a) impose a temporary mandatory 50 mph speed limit on the M4 eastbound from 1000 metres east of Station Road Overbridge to 2000 metres east of Station Road Overbridge;

(b) impose a temporary mandatory 40 mph speed limit on the M4:

(i) eastbound from 2000 metres east of Station Road Overbridge to 192 metres west of the centre of M4 Junction 22;

(ii) westbound from 192 metres west of the centre of M4 Junction 22 to 740 metres east of the bridge over the rail line to Severn Tunnel Junction;

(c) prohibit vehicles with an overall width of over 2.75 metres from the outside lane of the length of the M4 given at (b) above;

(d) prohibit vehicles with an overall width of over 3.25 metres from the length of the M4 given at (b) above;

(e) authorise the operation of a contraflow on the length of the M4 given at (b) above;

(f) authorise the overnight (21.00 to 06.00) closure of the M4 eastbound from Junction 23 to Junction 22;

(g) authorise the overnight (20.00 to 06.00) closure of the M4 westbound from Junction 22 to Junction 23.

There would also be hard shoulder running and lane closures through the works.

During the closures traffic would be diverted via the M48 Severn Bridge.

The latest information on the M4 Prince of Wales Bridge crossing can be found on https://nationalhighways. co.uk/travel-updates/the-severn-bridges/

The speed limit (which would not apply to emergency service or special forces vehicles), width restriction, contraflow and closures would be clearly indicated by traffic signs throughout the works.

The Order would come into force on 29 June 2024 and have a maximum duration of 18 months.

Paul Edwards, National Highways Limited (a).

(a) Registered in England and Wales under company no 9346363. Registered office Bridge House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LZ.

General Enquiries relating to this notice may be made in writing to the Service Manager, Chris Pope at SBIM (Specialist Bridges Inspection & Maintenance)

National Highways, SBMU, Bridge Access Road, Aust, South Gloucestershire, BS35 4BD, by telephoning 0300 470 4234 or by email to chris.pope@nationalhighways.co.uk