Full advice for holidaymakers travelling to Birmingham Airport this weekend as major motorway is closed

As we reported yesterday, a stretch of the motorway close to the airport can be utterly closed this weekend, as two new bridges are being put in.

It is a part of a long-term scheme to improve Junction 6 with a brand new junction (5a).

Beneath is all the data you may want for those who’re happening vacation from Birmingham Worldwide Airport this weekend and could be affected by the closure.

Nationwide Highways are upgrading the M42 Junction 6 to “allow higher motion of visitors on and off the A45.”

Imagine it or not, that is truly to help “entry to Birmingham Worldwide Airport and practice station” in addition to “getting ready capability for the brand new HS2 station.”

With a view to obtain these objectives, the company is creating a brand new junction on the M42 and “constructing a twin carriageway between this new junction and Clock Interchange.”

The create a brand new junction (5a), Nationwide Highways want to put in two new bridges throughout the M42.

In June, they accomplished the preparatory work “to harden the central reservation across the location of the junction” which can allow them to maneuver the bridges into place.

They’re closing the M42 in each instructions between junctions 5 and 6 from 10pm on Friday (September 30) to 5am on Monday (October 3) to allow them to full the bridge elevate and set up safely.

They are saying that after the bridges over the motorway are in place, they will “start building at Solihull Street and Junction 5a.

For those who’re travelling northbound on the M42, you’ll need to comply with the diversion route by way of the A45, as detailed within the beneath map.

For those who’re travelling southbound, it is possible for you to to depart the M42 at Junction 6. Nonetheless, Nationwide Highways: West Midlands advise that each one visitors can be doing the identical you may have to permit “loads of additional journey time.”

There are going to be delays for these travelling on and across the M42, and drivers are being urged to permit additional time for his or her journeys throughout the board.

If doable, Nationwide Highways suggest “contemplating various routes if doable.”

Transport for West Midlands are recommending drivers do the next:

• Plan forward and go away extra time on your journey. For those who journey, you’ll want extra time on your journey to take account of adjustments and diversions.

• May you modify the time of your journey? Keep away from travelling throughout peak instances wherever doable. Plan forward, test timetables or apps and go away extra time on your journey as companies can be busier.

• Use public transport wherever doable. That is to scale back congestion on key roads and junctions.