{"id":49236,"date":"2014-10-24T14:17:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T14:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=aa2707c05e33c17956ba03e902bf152d"},"modified":"2014-10-24T14:17:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T14:17:52","slug":"press-release-resurfacing-work-on-m5-in-worcestershire-and-gloucestershire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=49236","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Resurfacing work on M5 in Worcestershire and Gloucestershire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The surface will be renewed across all three lanes of the northbound carriageway between junction 9 at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire and junction 8 at Strensham in Worcestershire.<\/p>\n<p>The work will require full overnight closures of the M5 northbound between 10pm and 6am.<\/p>\n<p>Highways Agency project manager Purnima Kaul said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The work will lead to an improved, smoother surface for road users and reduced traffic noise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">To carry it out safely and efficiently we need to close the M5 northbound overnight. Road users should therefore allow extra time for their journeys.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>M5 northbound traffic will leave at junction 11 Cheltenham\/Gloucestershire Airport and travel along the A40\/A417 westbound to join the M50 at junction 2 at Ross-on-Wye, then travel east along the M50 to re-join the M5 at junction 8, a diversion of 26 miles.<\/p>\n<p>Any traffic that misses the diversion at junction 11 will be diverted off at junction 9 and redirected southbound back down the M5 to take the diversion at junction 11.<\/p>\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>Work to resurface the M5 between junctions 9 and 8 starts on 27 October for two weeks.<\/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\/49236"}],"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=49236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}