{"id":46876,"date":"2014-08-28T15:10:34","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T15:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=725067eb1b25a4111dffb1c71dfad28f"},"modified":"2014-08-28T15:10:34","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T15:10:34","slug":"press-release-overnight-resurfacing-work-on-m42-near-birmingham-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=46876","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Overnight resurfacing work on M42 near Birmingham Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The resurfacing work will be carried out on the northbound carriageway on the section between junctions 5 and 6 near Solihull, close to Birmingham Airport.<\/p>\n<p>During the work, which will be carried out overnight between 9pm and 6am, the northbound exit slip road at junction 6 of the M42 will be closed.<\/p>\n<p>The main carriageway of the northbound M42 will be reduced to one lane during the work between junctions 5 and 6, with a 50mph speed limit in force for safety reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Northbound traffic looking to access Birmingham Airport at junction 6 of the M42 will be diverted off at junction 5 of the M42, and via the A41, Damson Parkway and the A45 onwards to the airport.<\/p>\n<p>Traffic that misses junction 5 should proceed to junction 9 at Curdworth and turn around to head southbound back to junction 6 of the M42.  <\/p>\n<p>Highways Agency project sponsor Purnima Kaul said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Motorists should expect some disruption during this overnight work and those travelling to the airport may need to allow extra time for their journeys in order to catch their flights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The end result will be a smoother and much improved road surface, improving journeys for the travelling public.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4 id=\"general-enquiries\">General enquiries<\/h4>\n<p>Members of the public should contact the Highways Agency Information Line on 0300 123 5000.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"media-enquiries\">Media enquiries<\/h4>\n<p>Journalists should contact the Highways Agency press office on 0844 693 1448 and use the menu to speak to the most appropriate press officer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Highways Agency will carry out resurfacing work on a section of the M42 near Birmingham Airport, from Saturday 30 August for 15 nights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46876\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}