NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Secretary of State for Transport intends to make an Order on the M42 Motorway and M6 Toll Motorway, in the County of Warwickshire, to allow gantry removal works to be carried out.

The effect of the Order will be to close –

1. the southbound carriageway of the M42 from a point 165 metres south of the centreline of the Watton Lane underbridge, to a point 615 metres north of the centreline of the B4114 Birmingham Road overbridge; and

2. the southbound carriageway of the M6 Toll from the exit slip road at Junction T2, to its merge with the southbound carriageway of the M42 at Junction 8.

The work will be carried out overnight between 21:00 hours and 06:00 hours and is expected to start on Monday 21 March 2022 and continue for six nights. The Order will come into force on 14 March 2022.

Vehicles being used for police, fire and rescue authority, ambulance or traffic officer purposes and vehicles being used in connection with the works or for winter maintenance purposes will be exempt from the closures.

Diversion routes via the A446, the A452 and the A45 will be signed.

For further information please contact Patricia Dray on 07809 101 353.

H Ramsden, in the Department for Transport.