Midlands LED roadside lighting upgrades

We’re cutting carbon emissions in the Midlands by switching to cleaner LED lights. This will make our motorways and A-roads greener and more energy efficient.

Where we're working

Here are details of our LED lighting schemes in the Midlands:

We're surveying the A52 between Spondon and Barrowby for LED lighting upgrades.

Lane closures

We’ll work overnight (8pm - 6am) Monday to Friday, from 30 June to mid October.

To work safely, we'll mostly work using lane closures on small sections moving along the A52.

We may need to close the road at some times. We’ll give more information as soon as we can.

Please remember that closures can change at short notice. You can check the latest information on our daily closures page or find live travel information on our Traffic England site. Our travel alerts give details of live incidents on our network.

We're surveying the M6 and M54 for LED lighting upgrade.

We’ll work overnight (9pm and 6am) Monday to Friday.

Closures

To work safely, we’ll use a mixture of full closures, lane closures and temporary traffic lights.

Monday 30 June to Tuesday 1 July - M54 Ketley Dingle Interchange – junction 6

Lane closures on the entry and exit slips in both directions

Weds 2 July to Thursday 3 July - M54 junction 5

Lane closures on the eastbound entry and exit slips.

Friday 4 July to Monday 7 July - M54 junction 5

Lane closures on the westbound entry and exit slips.

Tuesday 8 July to Weds 9 July - M54 Castle Farm Interchange – junction 4

Lane closures on the entry and exit slips in both directions.

Thursday 10 July to Friday 11 July - M54 junction 3 to A41

Lane closures on the entry and exit slips in both directions and A41 Tong Interchange.

Monday 14 July to Weds 16 July - M54 junction 3 to A41

Lane closures on the roundabout.

Thursday 17 July to Thursday 24 July - M6 junction 8-7

Lane closures.

Fully signed diversions will be in place during closures. We'll maintain access for emergency service vehicles throughout.

We'll give you details of further works and closures closer to the time.

We're upgrading the lighting on the M5 to LED bulbs. The new LED lighting will be more energy efficient and require less maintenance in the future.

We continue to progress with our LED lighting upgrade work on the M5 and have further updates as below.

Closures

We’ll work overnight, between 9pm and 6am, from Tuesday 14 October 2025 to Friday 7 November 2025, Monday to Friday.

To carry out our work safely, we’ll work under a combination of lane and entry and exit slip closures.

Tuesday 14 October to Wednesday 15 October

M42 Junction 1 - Lane closure on M42 junction 1 roundabout

Wednesday 15 October to Tuesday 29 October

M42 northbound junction 4a - Total closure of M42 junction 4a northbound exit slip

Wednesday 29 October to Tuesday 4 November

M42 westbound to M5 northbound - M42 westbound lane 1 closure leading to total closure of M5 northbound link

Tuesday 4 November to Friday 7 November

M42 westbound to M5 northbound link - M42 westbound lanes 2 and 3 closure leading to a total closure of the M5 southbound link

Friday 7 November to Saturday 8 November

M5 northbound junction 5 - Lane 1 closure leading to total closure of exit slip at junction 5

Diversions

M5 J4a northbound to M42 eastbound exit slip closure diversion

M5 northbound link closure diversion

M42 westbound link to M5 southbound closure diversion

M5 northbound junction 5 exit slip diversion

Access for emergency service vehicles will be maintained throughout.

We’ll make every effort to ensure the impact on the local community and travelling public is kept to a minimum.

We always aim to work to the programme, however unforeseen circumstances or bad weather conditions may mean changes.

Please accept our apologies in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please remember that closures can change at short notice. You can check the latest information on our daily closures page or find live travel information on our Traffic England. Our travel alerts give details of live incidents on our network.

We're upgrading exisiting lights to LEDs on the A46 between Winthorpe and Syston Roundabout.

Closures

To work safely, we'll need a combination of overnight (8pm - 6am) Monday to Friday slip road and lane closures.

We'll put signed diversions in place during closures.

Tuesday 7 October to Thursday 16 October - Cattle Market Roundabout

Inner and outer lane closures.

Friday 17 October - Melton Road junction

A46 northbound entry slip closed.

A46 northbound entry slip diversion.

Monday 20 October and Tuesday 21 October - Melton Road junction

A46 southbound exit slip and one lane closed.

A46 southbound exit slip diversion.

Monday 20 October - Nottingham Raceway Karting junction

Southbound exit and entry slip closed.

A46 Nottingham Raceway Karting southbound exit slip diversion.

Wednesday 22 October and Thursday 23 October - Melton Road junction

A46 northbound exit slip and one lane closed.

A46 northbound exit slip diversion.

Wednesday 22 October - Nottingham Raceway Karting junction

Northbound exit and entry slip closed.

A46 Nottingham Raceway Karting exit and entry slip diversion.

Friday 24 October to Thursday 6 November - Shell garage past Seagrave Road

Northbound carriageway closed and partial closure of Parkhill Lane. One lane on southbound carriageway also closed.

A46 Park Hill lane northbound diversion route.

Friday 7 November - A46 Phase 2 - Cattle Market to Anstey - National LED Upgrade

A46 southbound lane 1 closure and Seagrave Rd exit and entry slip roads closed.

Monday 11 November - A46 Phase 2 - Cattle Market to Anstey - National LED Upgrade

A46 southbound lane 1 closure and Broome Lane exit slip closed. A46 northbound exit slip to Syston Road closed.

A46 southbound closure diversion route.

We'll maintain access for emergency services throughout.

We’ll be carrying out work to upgrade the current lighting to LED’s on the A5 between Muckley Corner and Rising Sun Island.

The new LED lighting will be more energy efficient and require less maintenance in the future.

Closures

Our work will take place from 10 October to 4 November 2025, on weeknights, between 9pm and 6am.

To carry out our work safely we’ll work under a combination of lane closures and full carriageway closures as follows:

10 October – lane closures on Muckley Corner roundabout and approaches.
13 October to 15 October – full westbound carriageway closure between Muckley Corner and B5011 Chase Road junction.
16 October to 21 October – westbound lane 1 closure between Hanney Hay Road and Rising Sun Island.
24 October – eastbound and westbound lane 2 closures between Hanney Hay Road and B5011 Chase Road junction.
27 October – eastbound lane 1 closure between Rising Sun Island and Pool Lane.
28 October to 30 October – eastbound lane 1 closure between Rising Sun Island and B5011 Chase Road junction.
31 October – eastbound lane 1 closure between Rising Sun Island and Hanney Hay Road.
3 November to 4 November – full eastbound carriageway closure between Hanney Hay Road and Muckley Corner.

For residents whose properties are within our works area, we’ll provide escorts through, but please be aware that this can take some time while we ensure the works area is safe.

Access for emergency vehicles will be maintained.

We’ll make every effort to ensure the impact on the local community and travelling public is kept to a minimum.

We always aim to work to the programme, however unforeseen circumstances or adverse weather conditions may lead to changes.

Diversions

Muckley Corner to B5011 Chase Road junction westbound carriageway diversion map

Hanney Hay Road to Muckley Corner eastbound diversion map

Works

We're upgrading the current lighting to LED's on the A5 between Redgate and Potterspury. This will be more energy efficient and require less maintenance in the future.

We’ll work overnight Monday to Friday between 8pm and 6am.

In order to carry out our work safely, we’ll work under a mixture of full closures, lane closures and temporary traffic lights.

Closures and Diversions

Our programme for the first three of works is below, for further updates please visit our website which will be updated fortnightly.

Monday 27 October - Redgate junction

southbound full closure (one night)

Tuesday 28 October - Redgate junction

northbound full closure (one night)

Wednesday 29 to Thursday 30 October - MIRA to Dodwells

southbound full closure

Friday 3 October - Dodwells to MIRA

northbound closure

Monday 3 November - Dodwells to MIRA

northbound closure

Tuesday 4 to Thursday 6 November - Dodwells roundabout and Burbage roundabout

temporary traffic lights and lane closures

Friday 7 November - Dunsmore to Hilmorton Lane

full closure both directions

Fully signed diversions will be in place as follows:

27 October to 2 November

Diversion route map

3 November to 6 November

proceed to next junction and perform U-turn.

7 November

Diversion route map

We'll maintain access for emergency service vehicles throughout.

We’ll make every effort to ensure the impact on the local community and travelling public is kept to a minimum. We always aim to work to the programme, however unforeseen circumstances or adverse weather conditions may mean changes.

Project information

Our £132m investment programme will reduce carbon emissions by retrofitting older streetlamps with LED lights.

By March 2027, we intend to increase environmentally friendly LED lights across our Strategic Road Network (SRN) to at least 70%.

This is part of our plan to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2030, which also includes:

buying renewable electricity
decarbonizing travel
planting trees.

LEDs also last longer, needing less maintenance and fewer replacements. This means less disruption to drivers and local communities. They're more efficient. By remote monitoring we can raise or lower LED light levels - concentrating light where it's needed

Watch this video to find out more.

LED upgrades in the Midlands

We'll retrofit most of the lighting in our Midlands region by March 2027. This will reduce energy consumption by up to 65%.

We’ve already upgraded over 70% of lights in the Midlands.

How we work

Surveying and assessing

Our team test existing lighting, including columns and wiring.

To work safely, we may need lane, carriageway or full closures depending on where we're working and what we're doing.

Design

Using the data from our surveys, we create the best possible design for new lighting.

Installing and commissioning

Three or four months after surveys, we start installing new lights.

To work safely at height, we typically close two lanes:

one lane is for our vehicle
the other is a buffer between our workers and traffic.

Once we’ve replaced lighting and tested it, we'll remove traffic management.

Sometimes, we can't work safely without closing the whole road. If we have to do this, we'll provide clearly signed diversion routes.

We try to minimise the impact of our work on the local community and drivers. Sometimes we need to change our plans. If we need more time to do out work, we'll update details on this page.

Where can I find out more information?

You can find out more information about our national LED lighting programme on our LED lighting programme.

Documents

Traffic information

Information about scheduled roadworks and events on our motorways and major roads.

Contact us

info@nationalhighways.co.uk

0300 123 5000

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