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More than 480 miles of roadworks will be lifted or completed on motorways and major A-roads to help families have smoother journeys over the August bank holiday.

• Updated: 13 August 2019

The A14 will be closed eastbound at the M1 junction 19 from 9pm this Friday night (13 March) until 10am on Sunday morning (15 March).

• Updated: 10 March 2015

The Highways Agency will improve the A12 at Old London Road alongside Marks Tey northbound in Essex.

• Updated: 19 February 2015

This weekend (6 - 9th February) the M180 Ings roundabout (M180 junction 1 / M18 junction 5) near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, will be closed as part of the work to complete a £4.5 million pinch point scheme at the juncti…

• Updated: 2 February 2015

The M56 at Manchester Airport will close for a whole weekend at the end of February as work to install a £5.5 million new bridge at Thorley Lane nears completion.

• Updated: 19 January 2015

Drivers across Cheshire are being advised that junction 17 of the M6 near Sandbach will be totally closed to all traffic for a whole weekend later this month as work on a £2.3 million upgrade forges ahead.

• Updated: 15 January 2015

Road users are advised of two weekend closures on the A50 from this weekend as part of the M1 junction 24 improvement works in Leicestershire.

• Updated: 2 December 2014

Drivers are advised that this weekend’s planned closures of the A64 between Staxton roundabout and Seamer roundabout will not be taking place due to overrunning local authority roadworks taking place on the planned diversion…

• Updated: 28 November 2014

Overnight closures will be in place at the A1 near Elkesley this weekend (Friday 28 to Sunday 30 November) as work on the Elkesley junction improvement scheme continues.

• Updated: 24 November 2014

Work on a £3.3 million scheme to improve journeys for drivers in Malton and Scarborough, North Yorkshire, by resurfacing the A64 between Barton Hill and Seamer will begin next month.

• Updated: 18 November 2014

Repairs to bridges crossing the Cumbrian Coast Rail Line at Red Sykes and Dykelands near Ulverston will begin on Saturday (1 November).

• Updated: 27 October 2014

Road users are advised of significant road closures on the M42 junction 6 throughout this weekend (Friday October 24 to Monday October 27).

• Updated: 22 October 2014

The eastbound carriageway of the A45 between Wellingborough and Rushden, Northamptonshire, will be closed over the weekend of 17 to 20 October for resurfacing.

• Updated: 10 October 2014

Road users are advised that there will be weekend closures on local roads this month and next, as advance work progresses on the A5-M1 Link Dunstable Northern Bypass improvement scheme in Bedfordshire.

• Updated: 7 October 2014

The Highways Agency is reminding road users – particularly those with flights to catch at East Midlands Airport - that part of the M1 at junction 24 in Leicestershire will be closed this weekend.

• Updated: 17 September 2014

Drivers, business owners and local residents are invited to find out more about a project to resurface sections of the A2 near Canterbury, Kent.

• Updated: 10 September 2014

The A1 near Berwick in North Northumberland will be closed for six consecutive weekends between East Ord and Scremerston for essential carriageway resurfacing starting 12 September.

• Updated: 4 September 2014

Road users are advised that there will be weekend closures on local roads this month and next, as advance work progresses on the A5-M1 Link Dunstable Northern Bypass improvement scheme in Bedfordshire.

• Updated: 28 August 2014

The Highways Agency will be helping holidaymakers have happy holidays by keeping traffic moving over the August bank holiday weekend, ensuring that 98 per cent of England’s motorways and other major roads are free of roadwor…

• Updated: 18 August 2014

The Highways Agency will be helping holidaymakers have happy holidays by keeping traffic moving over the August bank holiday weekend, ensuring that 98 per cent of England’s motorways and other major roads are free of roadwor…

• Updated: 14 August 2014