{"id":64407,"date":"2015-11-19T13:11:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T13:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=69a20c2ff1261413a96d6eb730070ce0"},"modified":"2015-11-19T13:11:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T13:11:08","slug":"press-release-improved-road-surface-along-the-a1m-near-durham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=64407","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Improved road surface along the A1(M) near Durham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The work will be carried out overnight, between 8pm and 6am, when the northbound carriageway will be closed between junction 61 (Bowburn) and junction 63 (Chester le Street). <\/p>\n<p>Highways England project manager Chris Corcoran said: <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The essential maintenance work is being carried out overnight between 8pm and 6am when traffic levels are at their lowest.<\/p>\n<p>When complete, drivers will benefit from an improved road surface along the A1(M) on the northbound carriageway, providing smoother and safer journeys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Both schemes will be carried out at the same time to keep disruption for motorists down to a minimum.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Clearly signed diversions will be in place during the closures via the A688 or the A689 on to the A167 north to rejoin the A1(M) at junction 63. <\/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>Contractors for Highways England will be resurfacing sections of a 10 mile stretch of the A1(M) on the northbound carriageway from Bowburn towards Carrville.<\/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\/64407"}],"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=64407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}