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Lancashire, Preston, M56 Motorway, Tabley Lane - Temporary Traffic Restrictions, to allow for the proposed works.
What is happening?
national highways
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 -
SECTION 14
THE M55 MOTORWAY (JUNCTION 2
WESTBOUND CARRIAGEWAY)
(TEMPORARY RESTRICTION AND
PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2026
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that National Highways Limited (Company No. 09346363) intends to make an Order on the M56 Motorway, in the City of Preston, in the County of Lancashire, to enable replacement barrier works and other general maintenance; to be carried out in safety.
The Order will on the following sections of the M55 Motorway:
i. impose a 50-mph speed limit on the westbound carriageway, from a point 235 metres west of the Tabley Lane Bridge, to the
westbound exit slip road at J2 of the (A582)
Roundabout;
ii. ban all traffic from the westbound carriageway, from a point, 543 metres west of the Tabley Lane Bridge, to a point 220 metres east of the Rosemary Lane Bridge;
iii. ban all traffic from overtaking as indicated by traffic signs, on the westbound carriageway, as described in i. above.
The restriction and prohibitions are expected to be in place overnight, between 20:00 and 06:00 during a period starting on Monday 11 May 2026 and ending on Tuesday 12 May 2026.
However, works may start and continue between the same times on subsequent nights or until completed.
Diversion routes via alternative junctions of the M55 Motorway and local roads will be well signed. The restriction will not apply to emergency services or special-forces vehicles, and the prohibition will not apply to emergency services, works or traffic officer vehicles. The restriction and prohibition will only apply during such times and to such extent as shall, from time to time, be indicated by traffic signs. The Order comes into force on 10 May 2026 and has a maximum duration of eighteen months. For further information contact sam.smith@nationalhighways.co.uk
K Moloney, an official of National Highways
Limited, Piccadilly Gate, Store Street,
Manchester M1 2WD
National Highways Limited, Three Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6GA. Registered in England & Wales number 09346363.
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