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Long M6 delays around Spaghetti Junction after lorry crash

Motorists are facing long delays on the M6 today after a lorry crash. Drivers could be stuck in traffic for 45 minutes around Spaghetti Junction.
A collision involving a heavy goods vehicle happened at junction six of the southbound carriageway, at aro…

Birmingham cross-city bus lanes fast-tracked due to road closure

Plans to install bus lanes on a busy east Birmingham commuter route have been brought forward to keep services running smoothly during a major long-term road closure.
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM), which is part of the West Midlands Combined Autho…

Motorway traffic stationary after bus accident

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Inrix reports:
One lane closed and slow traffic due to earlier accident, a bus involved on M50 Eastbound between J2 A417 (Ledbury) and J1 A38 (Tewkesbury).”
A48 in both directions closed due to bridge struck by vehicle from Tidenham t…

Funding for Somerset A-road from HS2 cash slammed as ‘cheek’

Councillors have accused the government of “cheek” for saying upgrades to a major A-road would be funded by HS2 — only to offer no more funding that was already planned.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scrapped the rail project at the Conservative Party Con…

Government accused of ‘cheek’ over A38 HS2 funding claim

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scrapped the rail project at the Conservative Party Conference in October, announcing that the £36bn set to be spent on the scheme would now be reinvested in “new transport projects in the North and the Midlands, across the c…

Roadworks on vital M5 link in Somerset delayed until end 2024

Somerset County Council received nearly £5m from the Department for Transport (DfT) back in July 2020 to upgrade and resurface the roundabout at junction 26 and the Chelston Link Road to Wellington[1] (known locally as the ‘concrete carriageway’).
The …