National Highways: West Midlands

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@BMac_19 Hi, thank you for your message. The weekend closure has been cancelled. ~Shonagh

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⚠️M42 weekend closure - update⚠️

This weekend’s full closure of the M42 near Birmingham has been postponed. As strong winds are expected, it is unsafe for cranes and heavy machinery to operate.

We’ll provide further updates as soon as they are confirmed.

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@lisajlb1970 next 7 days.

https://t.co/GoqGayWnZt

Have a great evening.

Darren 2/2

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Final update: #M6 northbound between J4 and J4a (#M42)

All vehicles involved have been cleared from the carriageway and the spillage has been treated.

All lanes have reopened

There are residual delays of 30 minutes on the approach.

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@lisajlb1970 Good evening, and thanks for your message.

Due to character limitations we can't always post every closure in the region. I've popped a link below to our road closure report. It's updated daily at around 4pm and it'll include every planned closure across the network for the 1/2

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@lisajlb1970 Good evening, and thanks for your message.

The signs will be showing for the scheduled roadworks we have tonight between J4 and J4a of the M6.

Darren

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All lanes have reopened on the #M5 northbound between J1 #WestBromwich and the #M6 following clean up of an oil spillage.

There are no residual delays on the approach.

Have a safe onward journey.

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Update 2: #M5 northbound between J1 #WestBromwich and the #M6

Lane 3 (of 3) remains closed due to the spillage. Skid tests are underway to determine if the treatment has been successful.

There are delays of 15 minutes and 2 miles of congestion on the approach.

[National Highways: West Midlands @HighwaysWMIDS]

Some planned closures in the region tonight:

2100-0600
#A458 both ways #A5 Churncote r'bout - Welsh Border
#M5 south J3-4A
#M54 east J6-5
#M6 south J4A-4
#A38 south Fradley - Streethay

2200-0600
#M6 north J7-10

Find all planned closures nationally here: https://t.co/GoqGayWnZt

[National Highways: West Midlands @HighwaysWMIDS]

Update 1: #M5 northbound between J1 #WestBromwich and the #M6

Lane 3 (of 3) remains closed due to the spillage that is being treated.

All vehicle involved have been moved.

There are delays of 10 minutes and 2 miles of congestion on the approach.

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Update 1: #M6 northbound between J4 and J4a (#M42)

Lane 1 (of 3) remains closed for recovery and clean up work.

Lanes 2 and 3 (of 3) are open.

There are delays of 40 minutes and 4 miles of congestion on the approach.

[National Highways: West Midlands @HighwaysWMIDS]

#M6 northbound between J4 and J4a (#M42)

Lanes 1 and 2 (of 3) are closed due to a multi vehicle collision.

Traffic officers are on scene and working to clear the vehicles.

There are delays of 30 minutes and 3 miles of congestion on the approach.

[National Highways: West Midlands @HighwaysWMIDS]

#M5 northbound between J1 #WestBromwich and the #M6

Lanes 2 and 3 (of 3) are closed following a multi vehicle collision which has resulted in an oil spillage.

Emergency services are on scene.

There are delays of 45 minutes and 6 miles of congestion on the approach.

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Final update: #M6 southbound between J2 #Coventry and J1 #Rugby

Traffic has been released following the resolution of the police led incident.

There are residual delays of 45 minutes with traffic back to J3

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On the #M6 southbound between J2 #Coventry and J1 #Rugby traffic has been held due to a police led incident.

@warkspolice are on scene and traffic officers are assisting.

There are delays of 50 minutes on the approach.

[National Highways: West Midlands @HighwaysWMIDS]

Some planned closures in the region tonight:

2100-0600
#A458 both ways #A5 Churncote r'bout - Welsh Border
#M5 south J3-4A
#M54 east J6-5
#M6 south J4A-4
#A38 south Fradley - Streethay

2200-0600
#M6 north J7-10

Find all planned closures nationally here: https://t.co/GoqGayWnZt

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@realMattToomer start removing the lane closures so all lanes should be open again very soon. Delays are approximately 30 minutes on the approach. ~Shonagh 2/2

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@realMattToomer Hi, thank you for your message. There's been a collision between J10 and J9 and lanes 1 and 2 are closed. Traffic officers have moved the vehicles involved and cleared debris. Traffic had been held briefly to allow recovery to leave and traffic officers are just about to 1/2

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@RMH_SameDay already built up before the incident, it can take some time to clear. There isn't a set timeframe for how long this will take, as it depends on how quickly traffic can move through the area. - Nick. 2/2

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@RMH_SameDay Hi Robin, thank you for getting in touch. There was a collision on the northbound side of the M69 between junctions 2 and the M1 we have a sweeper clearing the final parts of debris. Once this is complete we will release the traffic shortly. Due to the congestion that had 1/2