Motorway used by 75,000 drivers a day will CLOSE in both directions this weekend – check your journey to avoid traffic

A CRUCIAL motorway utilized by 75,000 drivers each time volition adjacent successful some directions this weekend.

The wide shutdown - which started earlier this week - is portion of a programme of attraction works which are expected to past arsenic agelong arsenic six months.

The M5 is simply a captious artery of the roadworthy network, connecting the Midlands with the South West and linking up with different motorways to access London, Wales and Nottingham.

With the completed way is approaching 50 years old, roadworthy bosses person ordered a programme of renewal this year.

National Highways is acceptable to transportation retired "essential repairs" to the factual furniture connected which the carriageway sits.

This requires them to portion distant the aboveground layers to entree the basal before resurfacing afterwards.

Where enactment is carried out, the roadworthy volition person to beryllium closed afloat successful some directions astatine antithetic times, with diversions enactment successful spot wherever possible.

The repairs began past period and volition proceed successful respective rounds crossed the adjacent six months.

The closures volition deed the country astir J27, adjacent Willand, Devon.

This week has seen the adjacent signifier begin, with the way closed betwixt J26 astatine Wellington and J28 astatine Cullumpton.

The affected agelong was unopen northbound connected Wednesday and Thursday night.

The aforesaid portion of the roadworthy volition past unopen successful the other absorption connected contiguous and time night.

Each time, the closures volition past from 8.30pm to 6am the adjacent morning.

Traffic looking to question astatine those times volition beryllium diverted onto the B3181 and A38 earlier rejoining the M5 at the adjacent disposable junction.

A spokesperson for National Highways said: "We recognize that roadworthy closures are frustrating, but by closing the roadworthy and installing a contraflow, we tin get this indispensable repair enactment done safely and quickly, causing little disruption overall."

"Work volition beryllium starting adjacent the cardinal reservation, earlier moving crossed the carriageway.

"National Highways has planned the enactment for aft the main summertime vacation period, and 3 lanes volition beryllium unfastened successful each absorption for October fractional term, to minimise disruption. 

"Weather dependent, the enactment volition decorativeness earlier Easter 2025."