East Midlands - Maintenance schemes
Maintenance schemes taking place in the East Midlands region.
The latest schemes that will be running in this area can be found below in the 'Project information area'.
Project information
View a maintenance scheme
You can view more details about the maintenance schemes taking place in the East Midlands below:
A1 north and southbound between Foston and Little Ponton resurfacing - 11 June to October 2026
Closures
All closures are overnight, 8pm to 6am, on weeknights unless otherwise stated.
Monday 7 to Tuesday 29 September - A1 northbound full closure from Stamford to Grantham
A1 northbound diversion route map
Saturday 12 and 13 Sunday September - A1 Northbound Barrowby entry and exit slip roads closed
A1 northbound entry and exit slip diversion route map
Wednesday 30 September to Friday 2 October - Lane 1 closure and Grantham exit and entry closed
Monday 5 to Thursday 15 October - A1 Northbound full closure between Harlaxton and Barrowby
Diversion route map for traffic from Stamford to Harlaxton
Diversion route map for traffic from Harlaxton
Laybys
We'll close laybys throughout the works.
Please remember that closures can change at short notice. You can find the latest information on our daily closures page or check for current incidents, disruptions and delays. Our travel alerts give details of high priority incidents on our network.
A14 junction 4 to 7 filter drain renewals – 22 June to 30 September 2026
Work takes place overnight, Monday to Friday (8pm – 6am).
Closures
22 – 27 June - A14 junctions 4 to 8 eastbound full closure, with a westbound lane closure
29 June – 4 July - A14 westbound full closure, with an eastbound lane closure
27 July – 22 August - A14 junctions 4 to 8 eastbound full closure, with a westbound lane closure
24 August – 30 September - A14 westbound full closure, with an eastbound lane closure
A 40mph speed limit will also be in place on the eastbound carriageway from 27 July to 9 September, and on the westbound carriageway from 6 August to 23 September.
Diversions
Signed diversions will be in place during all closures. You can view the diversion routes on the A14 diversions map.
Please remember that closures can change at short notice. You can check the latest information on our daily closures page. Our travel alerts give details of live incidents on our network.
A45 resurfacing works - 5 October to 26 November 2026
We're undertaking works on the A45 between Thrapston and Raunds.
This will include:
- resurfacing
- clearing vegetation
- drainage
- refreshing road markings
Closures and Diversion
Monday 5 to Tuesday 6 October - A45 Raunds roundabout
4-way temporary traffic lights overnight (9pm-6am).
Monday 5 October to Thursday 26 November - A45 between Thrapston and Raunds, both directions
Closed overnight (9pm-6am).
Eastbound diversion:
- A45
- A6
- A510
- A14 junction 13
Westbound diversion:
- A14 junction 13
- A510
- A6
- A45
Friday 20 November - A45 Thrapston roundabout
Roundabout management overnight (9pm-6am).
Please remember that closures can change at short notice. You can find the latest information on our daily closures page or check for current incidents, disruptions and delays. Our travel alerts give details of high priority incidents on our network.
M6/M1 junction 19 Catthorpe Interchange resurfacing and bridge joint replacement – 3 August to 21 September 2026
Closures
The M6 eastbound arm to the M1 will be closed overnight (9pm – 6am), Monday to Friday throughout the works, with daytime lane closures on some dates.
- 3 to14 August – full overnight closures and daytime lane closures
- 17 to 18 August – full overnight closures
- 19 August – 21 September – full overnight closures and daytime lane closures
- No works on 25 August or 27 to 31 August
We’ll continue to work overnight (9pm-6am), Monday to Friday from 3 August with an extended end date of 13 October.
This is due to additional resurfacing work being required.
Diversion
- M6 J1
- A426
- A5
Catthorpe bridge joints closure and diversion route map
Please remember that closures can change at short notice. You can check the latest information on our daily closures page. Our travel alerts give details of live incidents on our network.
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