{"id":70939,"date":"2016-05-25T15:45:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=52e83fb8a0043c332724004a89e3cfb0"},"modified":"2016-05-25T15:45:26","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T15:45:26","slug":"press-release-early-completion-for-roadworks-on-m6-junction-5-slip-road-near-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=70939","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Early completion for roadworks on M6 junction 5 slip road near Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Highways England has been carrying out vital structural maintenance work, including concrete repairs to the structure over the M6 junction 5 southbound entry slip road, to ensure the carriageway remains safe for road users.<\/p>\n<p>It was expected that the southbound entry slip road at junction 5 would have to remain closed to motorists 24\/7 until the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>But contractors have worked hard to complete the work one month early \u2013 and in time for the half-term break.<\/p>\n<p>All Highways England cones, signs and diversions will be removed by Friday night (27 May), leaving it fully open for drivers to access the M6 southbound from Castle Bromwich.<\/p>\n<p>Highways England project manager Jess Kenny said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We would like to thank drivers for their patience over the past few months while we have been carrying out this vital improvement work.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re really pleased that we\u2019ve been able to complete this work earlier than anticipated, and we hope that it brings smoother journeys for drivers, particularly during the half-term break.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Over the next few months, we will need to carry out a couple of additional closures of the slip road to monitor performance, but this will be done overnight to ensure minimal impact on drivers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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>Important maintenance work to safeguard the M6 slip roads near Castle Bromwich in Birmingham is set to be completed this weekend \u2013 a month ahead of schedule.<\/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\/70939"}],"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=70939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70939\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}