{"id":72903,"date":"2016-08-01T13:03:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T13:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=e707923ea2f3882303143a834c4303b0"},"modified":"2016-08-01T13:03:54","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T13:03:54","slug":"press-release-snows-poles-to-be-replaced-on-a66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=72903","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Snows poles to be replaced on A66"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Work has started to install the new snow poles on the exposed part of the A66 and is expected to take 10 weeks to complete.<\/p>\n<p>To carry out the work, there will be lane closures that will be carried out in 2.5 mile stretches between the Bowes snow gates and the Cumbrian border 24 hours a day. A 50mph speed limit will also be in place.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Corcoran, project manager at Highways England, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The new snow poles will be more visible and easier to maintain in future.<\/p>\n<p>Although the work will take place mostly during the day, the lane closures will be in place 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n<p>Keeping the lane closed overnight significantly improves safety for our contractors as the lane restrictions don\u2019t need to be removed and replaced at the start or end of every shift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We will be making every effort to complete other jobs such as vegetation clearance overnight while the lane closures are in place.<\/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>Snow poles on the A66 in County Durham which provide a vital guide to motorists during snow storms are being replaced.<\/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\/72903"}],"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=72903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}