Improvement work on the M50 junction 1 near Twyning Green, Gloucestershire is to begin on 16 January.
The work, to be carried out by the Highways Agency includes repairing an embankment and installing a new safety barrier, drainage, road markings and traffic signs. The hard shoulder will be resurfaced.
To reduce the need for a long-term closure of the junction 1 westbound exit slip road during the work, it will be widened by altering the kerb line. This will be done under a full closure of the westbound entry and exit slip roads and the hard shoulder and lane one of the M50 westbound from 10pm on Friday 16 January to 6am on Monday 19 January.
In addition, on the night of Sunday 18 January, from 8pm to 6am, there will be a full closure of the M50 westbound between M5 junction 8 and M50 junction 1.
The closures of the hard shoulder and lane one of the M50 westbound and the M50 junction one entry slip road will remain in place 24 hours a day until the end of the scheme. A 50mph speed limit will be in place.
During the full closure of the M50 traffic will be diverted from the M5 junction 8 to M5 junction 11 and take the A40 and A417 to join the M50 at junction 2.
When the M50 junction 1 exit slip road is closed, traffic will stay on the M50 to junction 2, turn around and return to junction 1 on the eastbound carriageway. During the closure of the M50 junction 1 westbound, entry slip road traffic will be diverted to the eastbound carriageway and travel to M5 junction 8 where it can turn around and join the westbound carriageway.
(CD/JP)
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