{"id":60563,"date":"2015-08-20T10:56:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T10:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=1a03c7cd26727c6848609285e119e320"},"modified":"2015-08-20T10:56:55","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T10:56:55","slug":"press-release-improvements-to-begin-on-a66-near-scotch-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=60563","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Improvements to begin on A66 near Scotch Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The A66 will be closed overnight eastbound between 8pm and 6am, between the Greta Bridge junction and the Smallways junction, from Tuesday 25 August until Thursday 27 August.<\/p>\n<p>Westbound traffic is unaffected at both junctions.<\/p>\n<p>Highways England project manager, Chris Corcoran, said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This vital resurfacing work will provide road users with a better driving experience. We will be carrying out white lining work which will improve driver safety, alongside other essential  maintenance work during these closures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We understand this work will cause some disruption for drivers and we would advise drivers to allow extra time for their journeys.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Eastbound traffic will be diverted at Rokeby Park towards Barnard Castle, along the A688 north for approximately 9 miles to the A68 at West Auckland and then towards the A1M at junction 58.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"general-enquiries\">General enquiries<\/h3>\n<p>Members of the public should contact the Highways England customer contact centre on 0300 123 5000.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"media-enquiries\">Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<p>Journalists should contact the Highways England 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>Drivers will benefit from an improved road surface on the A66 west of Scotch Corner as work starts 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\/60563"}],"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=60563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}