{"id":53902,"date":"2015-02-13T15:25:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T15:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=56e439904a5cc372d59808e037ec8f5e"},"modified":"2015-02-13T15:25:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T15:25:13","slug":"press-release-m1-junction-2-to-4-improvement-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=53902","title":{"rendered":"Press release: M1 junction 2 to 4 improvement work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The work consists of installing an emergency crossover barrier within the central reservation barrier on the M1 between junction 2 (Burnt Oak, London Borough of Barnet) and junction 4 (Elstree, Hertfordshire). This installation will enable traffic to be released from behind any incident on the M1 carriageway which results in a prolonged carriageway closure, by allowing traffic to be released across to the opposite carriageway in a controlled manner.<\/p>\n<p>The work will run from Thursday 19 February until Sunday March 8 and will require the introduction of narrow lanes with a speed restriction of 50mph in place 24 hours a day in both directions.  The southbound entry slip road and overbridge from the M1 London Gateway motorway services at junction 3 will also be closed overnight during this work with a clearly signed diversion via junction 5. Additional overnight lane closures will be required.<\/p>\n<p>Work on the barrier will be carried out overnight between 10pm and 5am on Monday to Thursday nights and between 11pm \u2013 6am on Friday nights.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Hall, Highways Agency Asset Manager said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Safety is our top priority. This work will enable us to release traffic caught behind any major incidents on that part of the M1 in a safe and more effective manner.<\/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>Work to help keep journeys safe on the M1 in Hertfordshire and London by installing an emergency crossover barrier will begin next week.<\/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\/53902"}],"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=53902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}