Transport and Logistics Network
Three out of four lanes were closed on the M6 northbound between junction 4a M42 and junction 5 Castle Bromwich after two HGVs collided at around 2.30pm.
National Highways Traffic Officers are on the scene.
There are currently delays of an hour in plac…
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There’s been such a shift in recent years toward bigger cabs and higher outputs that a truck with a mid-sized…
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A crash is causing long delays on the M6 southbound this evening. Travel site Inrix is reporting that the M6 southbound is currently blocked at Junction 4 for the M42 at Coleshill due to a crash involving a lorry and a car.
Congestion is currently affe…
The driver of a lorry involved in a fire which closed part of the M6 had to be taken to hospital. West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) confirmed that the man, who has not been identified, was left injured in the blaze earlier this morning.
As a resul…
There are two motorway junctions in the West Midlands where drivers are most likely to get caught speeding. Thousands of fines have been handed out to motorists who were captured going too fast at these hotspot locations on the M6.
It should serve as a…
The 1100-tonne is jacked into position
The 158-metre-long structure was moved into place in 13 hours using a specialist push-pull jacking technique.
The East M42-M6 Link Viaduct is one of 13 viaducts that make up HS2’s triangular Delta Junction. This…
Smart motorway technology[1] supposed to keep broken-down drivers safe from traffic is failing nearly once a day, a freedom of information (FoI) request has revealed.There were 174 power outages that hit vital smart motorway safety equipment in th…
Barston has been revealed as one of the ‘poshest places to live’ by The Telegraph
It’s been named the poshest village in the Midlands – and you can live there too if you have a spare £1.35 million. A beautiful five bedroom house is on the market in Hob…
Ministers have been urged to bring back hard shoulders across the UK’s 200-plus miles of smart motorways in response to ongoing concerns for road safety.
The PM cancelled the rollout of future all-lane running smart motorways a year ago due to the lac…