ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION

Highways England-ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984-SECTION 14(1)(a) THE A449 TRUNK ROAD AND THE M5 MOTORWAY (M5 JUNCTION 6, WORCESTER) (TEMPORARY RESTRICTION AND PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) ORDER 2018

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Highways England Company Limited (Company No. 9346363) has made an Order on the M5 Motorway in the County of Worcestershire, to allow major junction improvement and maintenance works to be carried out. The effect of the Order will be to, at different times, -
(1) impose a 30 miles per hour speed restriction on -

(a) the circulatory carriageway of the A449 at its roundabout junction with the A4440, the A4538 and the slip roads leading to and from the M5 at Junction 6 (known as the M5 Junction 6 Roundabout);

(b) the M5 northbound exit slip road at Junction 6, from a point 50 metres north of the tip of the nosing at its junction with the M5, to its junction with the M5 Junction 6 Roundabout;

(c) the M5 southbound exit slip road at Junction 6, from a point 80 metres south of the tip of the nosing at its junction with the M5, to its junction with the M5 Junction 6 Roundabout;

(d) the M5 northbound entry slip road at Junction 6, from its junction with the M5 Junction 6 Roundabout, for a distance of 200 metres; and

(e) the M5 southbound entry slip road at Junction 6, from its junction with the M5 Junction 6 Roundabout, for a distance of 200 metres;

(2) impose a 50 miles per hour speed restriction on -

(a) the northbound carriageway of the M5 from a point 900 metres south of the tip of the nosing at its junction with the exit slip road at Junction 6, to a point 50 metres north of that tip of the nosing;

(b) the southbound carriageway of the M5 from a point 880 metres north of the tip of the nosing at its junction with the exit slip road at Junction 6, to a point 80 metres south of that tip of the nosing;

(c) the M5 northbound exit slip road at Junction 6, from a point 175 metres south of the tip of the nosing at its junction with the M5, to a point 50 metres north of that tip of the nosing; and

(d) the M5 southbound exit slip road at Junction 6, from a point 200 metres north of the tip of the nosing at its junction with the M5, to a point 80 metres south of that tip of the nosing;

(3) close -

(a) the circulatory carriageway of the M5 Junction 6 Roundabout; and

(b) any slip road leading to or from the M5 at Junction 6; and

(4) prohibit vehicles from entering or leaving the M5 Junction 6 Roundabout at its junctions with the A4440, the A449, the A4538 and the access road leading to the Apex Motocross Park.

The work is expected to start on Monday 16 April 2018 and continue for one year. The closures will be carried out overnight between 20:00 hours and 06:00 hours. There will also be two weekend closures of parts of the roundabout. The speed restrictions will be in operation for 24 hours per day from 00:01 hours on Monday 16 April 2018 and continue for the duration of the works. The Order will come into force on 15 April 2018. Vehicles being used for police, fire and rescue authority or ambulance purposes will be exempt from the speed restriction and closures. Vehicles being used by the special forces will be exempt from the speed restrictions. Vehicles being used for traffic officer purposes, being used in connection with the works or being used for winter maintenance purposes will be exempt from the closures.
Diversion routes for the slip road closures via alternative junctions of the M5 will be signed. Local diversion routes will also be in operation during the roundabout closure.
For more information please contact Purnima Kaul on 0300 470 3140. Karen Eustace, an Officer in Highways England Company Limited. Highways England Company Limited (Company No. 9346363) registered office: Bridge House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, GU1 4LZ. A Company registered in England and Wales.