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Lancashire, Bent Gate - Temporary Prohibition of Traffic, to allow for resurfacing works.
What is happening?
National Highways
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 -
SECTION 14
THE A56 TRUNK ROAD
(BENT GATE SOUTHBOUND EXIT SLIP ROAD)B
(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2026
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that National Highways Limited (Company No. 09346363) intends to make an Order on the A56 Trunk Road, in the Borough of Rossendale, in the County of Lancashire, to enable resurfacing works to be carried out in safety.
The Order will ban all traffic from the A56 Bent Gate southbound exit slip road.
The prohibition is expected to be in place during an overnight period, subject to traffic signs, starting at 20:00 on Tuesday 10 November 2026 and ending at 06:00 on Wednesday 11 November 2026.
However, works may start and continue during subsequent overnight periods until completed.
Diversion routes via alternative junctions of the A56 Trunk Road will be well signed.
The prohibition will not apply to emergency services, works, or traffic officer vehicles, and will only apply during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs.
The Order comes into force on 9 November 2026 and has a maximum duration of eighteen months. For further information contact sam.smith@nationalhighways.co.uk.
S. Smith, an official of National Highways Limited, 100 Embankment, Cathedral Approach, Salford, M3 7FB.
National Highways Limited, Three Snowhill, Snow Hill, Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6GA.
Registered in England & Wales number 09346363.
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