Worcestershire, Multiple Traffic Notices, Temporary Prohibition of Traffic

National Highways

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 -Section 4(1) And 14(1)(A) And (C) And (4) And (7)
The M42 Motorway (From M5 Junction 4a To M42 Junction 5, And From Junction 7 To A42 At Appleby Magna) And Connecting Roads (Temporary Prohibition Of Traffic) Order 2022

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that National Highways Limited (Company No. 09346363) has made an Order on the M42 Motorway, in the Counties of Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire and the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, to enable maintenance and improvement works, to be carried out in safety. The works are expected to take place overnight between 19:00 and 06:00 (07:00 on Saturday and Sunday mornings) during a period starting on Thursday 1 September 2022 and ending on Friday 23 December 2022. The effect of the Order will be to impose prohibitions on the following lengths of carriageway:

(i) the eastbound carriageway of the M42 from its junction with the northbound carriageway of the M5 at Junction 4a, to its junction with the link road leading to the northbound carriageway of the M42, at Junction 3A;

(ii) the northbound carriageway of the M42 from its junction with the link road leading from the eastbound carriageway of the M42, at Junction 3A, to its junction with the exit slip road at Junction 5;

(iii) the northbound carriageway of the M42 from its junction with the link road, at Junction 7, leading to the northbound carriageway of the M6, to a point 400 metres north of the centreline of the B4114 Birmingham Road overbridge;

(iv) the northbound carriageway of the M42 from a point 80 metres north of the centreline of Marsh Lane overbridge to its junction with the A42, at Appleby Magna;

(v) the southbound carriageway of the M42 from its junction with the A42, at Appleby Magna, to a point 80 metres north of the centreline of Marsh Lane overbridge;

(vi) the southbound carriageway of the M42 from a point 400 metres north of the centreline of the B4114 Birmingham Road overbridge, to its junction with the link road, at Junction 7, leading from the northbound carriageway of the M6;

(vii) the southbound carriageway of the M42 from its junction with the entry slip road at Junction 5, to its junction with the link road leading to the westbound carriageway of the

M42 at Junction 3A;
(viii) the westbound carriageway of the M42 from its junction with the link road leading from the southbound carriageway of the M42, at Junction 3A, to its junction with the southbound carriageway of the M5 at Junction 4a;

(ix) the link road leading from the westbound carriageway of the M42 to the northbound carriageway of the M5 (M5 Junction 4A);

(x) the link road leading from the eastbound carriageway of the M42 to the northbound carriageway of the M42, at Junction 3A;

(xi) the link road leading from the southbound carriageway of the M42 to the westbound carriageway of the M42, at Junction 3A

(xii) the link road leading from the southbound carriageway of the M42 to the M40, at Junction 3A;

(xiii) the link road leading from the northbound carriageway of the M42, at Junction 7A, to the southbound carriageway of the M6;

(xiv) any slip road leading to or from the lengths of carriageway described in Q to (viii) above; and

(xv) any emergency refuge areas adjacent to the lengths of carriageway described in (i) to (viii) above.

During any road closures traffic will be diverted via alternative junctions of the M42, M5 and M6 Motorways and local roads. These diversions will be clearly indicated by traffic signs throughout the area. To obtain a copy of the M42 Programme of Works please contact the National Highways Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000 or

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The duration of each prohibition will vary
depending upon the nature of the work being
undertaken on each occasion.
The prohibitions will not apply to emergency
services, works, winter maintenance, or traffic
officer vehicles. The prohibitions will only apply
during such times and to such extent as shall be
indicated by traffic signs.
The Order comes into force on Thursday 25 August 2022 and will expire on 23 December 2022.

Karen Eustace, an official of National Highways Limited, The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street, Birmingham, B1 1RN.
National Highways Limited, Bridge House,
1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4LZ.
Registered in England & Wales number 09346363