ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1)(a) & 14(7) THE M40 MOTORWAY (M40 JUNCTION 15 TO M42 JUNCTION 3a) (TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2024
What is happening?
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that National Highways Limited (Company No. 09346363) has made an Order on the M40 Motorway, in the County of Warwickshire, to enable maintenance and improvement works, to be carried out in safety. 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 Thursday 02 January 2025 and ending on Tuesday 23 December 2025.
The effect of the Order will be to impose prohibitions on:
(i) the southbound carriageway of the M40 from its junction with the eastbound carriageway of the M42 at Junction 3a, to the entry slip road at M40 Junction 15;
(ii) the northbound carriageway of the M40 from the entry slip road at M40 Junction 15, to its junction with the westbound carriageway of the M42 at M42 Junction 3a;
(iii) the M40 southbound exit slip road at Junction 15, including the dedicated lane leading to the A46 link road;
(iv) the M40 northbound entry slip road at Junction 15, including the dedicated lane leading from Stratford Road;
(v) the M40 southbound exit and northbound entry slip roads at Junction 16; and
(vi) the link road leading from the northbound carriageway of the M40, to the northbound carriageway of the M42 at Junction 3a.
During any road closures traffic will be diverted via alternative junctions of the M40 and M42 Motorways and local roads.
These diversions will be clearly indicated by traffic signs throughout the area.
To obtain a copy of the M40 Programme of Works please contact the National Highways Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000 or info@nationalhighways.co.uk.
The duration of each restriction or prohibition will vary depending upon the nature of the work being undertaken on each occasion.
The prohibitions will not apply to emergency services, works, winter maintenance, or traffic officer vehicles. The prohibitions will only apply during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs.
The Order comes into force on 27 December 2024 and will expire on 23 December 2025.
Karen Eustace, an official of National Highways Limited, The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street, Birmingham, B1 1RN.
National Highways Limited, Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4LZ.
Registered in England & Wales number 09346363.
