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M5 Motorway, Junction 1 To Junction 3 - Temporary Prohibition Of Traffic To Sign Replacement Work
What is happening?
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)(a) AND (7)
THE M5 MOTORWAY (JUNCTION 1 TO JUNCTION 3)
(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2026
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that National Highways Limited (Company No. 9346363) intends to make an Order on the M5 Motorway, in the Metropolitan Boroughs of Sandwell and Dudley, to allow sign replacement work to be carried out.
The effect of the Order will be to close –
a) the southbound carriageway of the M5 from its junction with the exit slip road at Junction 1, to its junction with the entry slip road at Junction 3;
b) the northbound carriageway of the M5 from its junction with the exit slip road at Junction 3, to its junction with the entry slip road at Junction 1;
c) the entry slip road leading to the southbound carriageway of the M5 at Junction 1;
d) the exit slip road leading from the northbound carriageway of the M5 at Junction 1;
e) any slip road leading to or from the M5 at Junction 2;
f) the exit slip road leading from the southbound carriageway of the M5 at Junction 3, and
g) the entry slip road leading to the northbound carriageway of the M5 at Junction 3.
The work is expected to start on Friday 2 October 2026 and continue for approximately 8 days. The closures will be carried out overnight between – 21:00 hours and 06:00 hours Monday to Friday (am) 20:00 hours and 08:00 hours Friday to Saturday and Saturday to Sunday, and 20:00 hours and 06:00 hours Sunday to Monday (am)
The Order will come into force on 25 September.
Vehicles being used for police, fire and rescue authority or ambulance purposes, and vehicles being used in connection with the works or for winter maintenance purposes will be exempt from the closures.
Diversion routes via the A4252 Kenrick way, the A457 Tollhouse way, the A4123 Wolverhampton Road, the A456 Hagley Road West, the A456 Quinton Express and vice versa and via alternative junctions of the M5 will be signed.
For more information please contact Harry Exall on 07802 257 904.
Karen Eustace, an Officer in National Highways Limited.
National Highways Limited (Company No. 9346363) registered office: Three Snowhill, Snow Hill Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6GA. A Company registered in England and Wales.
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