National Highways have confirmed that overnight closures on the M6 Northbound will go ahead as planned tonight (Monday 23rd September) and overnight on Tuesday (24th September). The forecast bad weather due to hit parts of the UK had initially see the potential of the overnight works been postponed.
The closures are to enable essential resurfacing works on the M6 northbound between junction 39 and 40 and will take place on Monday 23 Sep, 8pm-6am and Tuesday 24 Sep, 8pm-6am
Diversions will be signposted from Shap at Junction 39 via the A6 and A66 with vehicles rejoining the M6 at junction 40.
Alongside diversion signage on the A6 Clifton Community Council has worked with National Highways to arrange for mobile Matrix Signage to be located along the A6 warning drivers to slow down as they drive through residential areas in local communities along the A6.
A spokesperson for Clifton Community Council said "our community is built along the A6 and when the M6 is closed we along with Shap, Hackthorpe and Eamont Bridge gets the brunt of the M6 traffic suddenly flowing along the A6 through our communities."
"We appreciate this is not a new issue and has been the case for years, but we now see a lot more traffic using the M6 day and night, and this volume of traffic suddenly pushed from three lanes of a motorway onto the single carriageway of the A6 creates both noise and congestion through the local villages along the A6."
"With overnight closures congestion is not always and issue but this brings the issue of drivers thinking they are still on the M6 flying through communities at speed not observing speed limits."
“Over the last year the number of closures for various reasons has increased and we are aware that the next year will see more, so we are working to ensure when planned closures happen some measures are in place to try and reduce the impact on our community."
“Over the last year the number of closures for various reasons has increased and we are aware that the next year will see many more so we are working to ensure when planned closures happen some measures are in place to try and reduce the impact on the community.”
National Highways have also said they have engaged with Cumbria Police who will carry out increased patrols on the A6 to monitor traffic speeding overnight.
National Highways are spending £1.7 million resurfacing over seven miles of the northbound carriageway on the M6, to enable road users to have smooth and reliable journeys on this part of the motorway network.
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