{"id":72856,"date":"2016-07-29T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=9b0871ed1c2ed3f0b894e0fa739db23f"},"modified":"2016-07-29T10:00:40","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T10:00:40","slug":"press-release-improved-road-surface-along-the-a1-in-northumberland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=72856","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Improved road surface along the A1 in Northumberland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Contractors for Highways England will be resurfacing just over a mile of the A1 near Brownieside starting on Monday 1 August.<\/p>\n<p>The work will be carried out under a 24 hours a day contraflow system, which means traffic will be able to travel in both directions on the northbound carriageway so drivers can continue their journeys safely.<\/p>\n<p>Highways England project manager Steve Bishop said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When complete, this project will provide drivers with safer and smoother journeys along this stretch of the A1 in Northumberland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Every effort is being made to ensure disruption to traffic and local residents is kept to a minimum, and we\u2019ll be using a contraflow system on the northbound carriageway to keep vehicles running in both directions on the dual carriageway.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some side roads will be affected by the closure of the southbound carriageway but clearly signed diversions will be in place.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme is expected to be completed by Sunday 21 August.<\/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 when work to resurface the A1 in Northumberland is completed.<\/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\/72856"}],"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=72856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}