A major motorway is to close this weekend - affecting traffic heading towards Birmingham Airport and the NEC. The M42, from junctions 6, at Solihull, and 7/7a, the Coleshill Interchange, will shut from 9pm tomorrow, Friday, December 13, to 5am on Monday, December 16, to allow for HS2 work.
Road users heading to Birmingham Airport, or the NEC in particular, were warned to expect disruption and allow extra time for their journeys. National Highways said: "To help progress HS2's work, the M42 will be closed both ways between J6-7a from 9pm on Fri 13 Dec to 5am on Mon 16 Dec
"Please plan ahead & allow extra time for journeys." Work was scheduled to take place last weekend but was postponed due to Storm Darragh.
HS2 said: "The new railway will pass over the M42 on a box structure near Birmingham Business Park and the NEC. This new structure, measuring 300m length by 25m width will cover around 130m of the M42 motorway and will be built in position whilst maintaining three lanes of traffic flowing on the M42.
"To prepare for this construction activity we will need to close the motorway for three weekends to undertake works that is not safe to do around live traffic."
Diversions will be in place to aid motorists.
