M53 Motorway - Temporary Prohibition Of Traffic For Replacement Of The Raby Hall Bridge

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14

THE M53 MOTORWAY (JUNCTIONS 4-5
NORTHBOUND & SOUTHBOUND CARRIAGEWAYS & SLIP ROADS)
(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 M53 Motorway in the Borough of Wirral, in the County of Merseyside to enable replacement of the Raby Hall Bridge to be carried out in safety.

The Order will on the following sections of the M53 Motorway:

i. impose a 50 miles per hour speed limit on the northbound carriageway from a point 2,438 metres south of the Raby Hall Road Bridge, to a point 533 metres north of the Raby Hall Road Bridge;

ii. impose a 50 mile per hour speed limit on the southbound carriageway from a point 250 metres south of the J4 Bowl at Clatterbridge, to a point 540 metres south of the Raby Hall Bridge.

iii. ban all traffic from the northbound carriageway, from the J5 exit slip road to the J4 entry slip road;

iv. ban all traffic from the southbound carriageway from the J4 exit slip road to the J5 entry slip road; 

 v. ban all traffic from the northbound entry slip road at J5;

vi. ban all traffic from the southbound exit slip road at J5;
 vii. ban all traffic from the southbound entry slip road at J4;

viii. ban all traffic from the northbound exit slip road at J4.
Restrictions i. – ii. are expected to be in place during a continuous period starting at 21:00 on Monday 30 November 2026 and ending at 05:00 on Friday 17 December 2027.

Prohibitions iii. – viii. are expected to be in place overnight between 21:00 and 05:00 during a period starting on Monday 30 November 2026 and ending on Friday 17 December 2027.

Prohibitions iii. – viii. are expected to be in place over several continuous weekend periods starting at 21:00 on Friday 02 April 2027 and ending at 05:00 on Friday 17 December 2027. 

However, works may start and continue between the same times on subsequent nights until completed (subject to signage).

Diversions routes via alternative junctions of the M53 Motorway and local roads will be well signed.

The restrictions will not apply to emergency services or special-forces vehicles, and the prohibitions will not apply to emergency services, works, or traffic officer vehicles. 

The restrictions and prohibitions will only apply during such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by traffic signs. The Order comes into force on 29 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