High Speed 2 (HS2) works on National Highways network

Work

Between 11 January and 24 January 2025, M42/M6 Link Road works will be carried out which will involve overnight weekday and weekend closures of both the M42/M6 eastbound and westbound carriageways.

Closures

Weekend closure 1 

From 3am Saturday 11 January to 5am Monday 13 January 

• Westbound link road, from M42 southbound at J8 to M6 northbound at J4a eastbound link road from M6 southbound at J4a to M42.

Weeknight closure 

16 - 17 January – 9pm – 5am each night

• Westbound link from M42 southbound at J8 to M6 northbound at J4a.

Weekend closure 2 

From 9pm Friday 17 January to Monday 5am 20 January

• Westbound link road, from M42 southbound at J8 to M6 northbound at J4a.
• Eastbound link road from M6 southbound at J4a to M42.

Weeknight closure

23 - 24 January – 9pm – 5am each night

• Westbound link road, from M42 southbound at J8 to M6 northbound at J4a.
• Eastbound link road from M6 southbound at J4a to M42.

Weeknight closure 

24 – 25 January – 9pm – 5am each night

• Westbound link road from M42 southbound at J8 to M6 northbound at J4a.

Diversions

M42/M6 link road westbound:

• continue on the M42 southbound from junction 8 to junction 6
• At M42 junction 6 exit the M42 southbound onto the roundabout and take the M42 slip road to go northbound and rejoin the M6 westbound.

Diversion route using M6 - Westbound:

• Continue on the M42 southbound to junction 7a
• At M42 junction 7atake the exit to “M6/London (N&E) (M1)” and continue along this route to M6 southbound at junction 3a
• At M6 junction 3 take the exit toward M6 Toll/ M42 (N)
• Join the M6 northbound and continue to junction 4a where the diversion ends. 

Eastbound: 

• Continue southbound on M6 to junction 3 and exit the motorway on to the roundabout exit from the roundabout onto M6 northbound
• Join the M6 and continue to M6 northbound

For drivers travelling towards M42 northbound:

• At junction 3 take the exit toward M6 Toll/M42 (North) 
• Continue along this route joining the M42 northbound at junction 7a to the M42 continue northbound. 

For drivers travelling towards M42 southbound:

• At M6 junction 4 take the exit to “M42 (S)” and continue to M42 where the diversion ends.

Contact HS2 Helpdesk 
Freephone: 08081 434 434 
Minicom: 08081 456 472 
Email: HS2enquiries@hs2.org.uk 

HS2 contractors Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall (EKFB) are continuing works for the main construction of permanent realignments and overbridges for the A421 (near Finmere) and A4421 (near Newton Purcell). 

The new bridges will carry traffic over the HS2 railway and along the newly aligned road network. Following these surveys, EKFB are now continuing with the final utility diversions. The majority of these works will take place under full 24- hour weekend closures or nighttime road closures. The final tie-in works to knit in the new road alignments to the current road network work are expected to take place in summer 2025.

The following closures are scheduled to take place on the A421 near Finmere between 8:30am and 5:30pm:

• 11 January to 13 January
• 31 January to 3 February
• 7 February to 10 February
• 14 February to 17 February
• 21 February to 24 February

The following closures are scheduled to take place on the A4421 near Newton Purcell between 8:30am and 5:30pm:

• 17 January to 20 January
• 14 February to 17 February
• 21 February to 24 February
• 28 February to 3 March

During the closures, access will be maintained for residents within the closure area.  We would remind road users to plan their journeys, allow more time and follow the signed diversion routes.

For more information Contact the HS2 Helpdesk team all day, every day of the year on: 

• Freephone 08081 434 434 
• Minicom 08081 456 472 
• Email hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk

Closures

A452 northbound full overnight closures

• 6 January 10pm until 6am 7 January
• 7 January 10pm until 6am 8 January
• 7 February 10pm until 6am 8 February
• 13 February 10pm until 6am 14 February
• 14 February 10pm until 6am 15 February

A452 northbound 24/7 single lane closure

• 7 January 6am until 6am 15 February

A452 Packington Lane access

Access to Packington Lane overnight on 6 and 7 January from 10pm until 6am, will be via the A452 southbound only.

From 6am 8 January until 10pm 20 January, access to Packington Lane remains unaffected.

Access to Packington Lane between 20 January and 7 February 2025, will be via the southbound entry slip road to the A452.

From 7 February the A452 northbound exit will be reopened.

High Speed Two (HS2) contractors Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) are working in partnership with HS2 Ltd to build the new high-speed railway in your area. 

A new railway station for high-speed services is being built in the area between the M42 and the A452 Chester Road, adjacent to the NEC and Birmingham Business Park. An existing water main is located in this area, and it is vital that this is safely diverted, so that works do not interrupt the supply. The newly diverted water main will be located in the verge of the northbound carriageway of the A452 Chester Road between A45 Stonebridge Island and the Little Packington exit. 

To complete these works safely, BBV will need to close lane one of the northbound A452 between the A45 Stonebridge Island and Park Farm for 13 weeks from Monday 16 September to Friday 13 December 2024. The closure will be in place all day, every day during this period. Access to Toby Carvery and Park Farm will be maintained. 

To create a safe working area, BBV will first install a temporary safety barrier. This will be installed during an overnight closure of the A452 northbound carriageway on Monday 16 September between 9pm to 5am. BBV will remove the barrier using a similar overnight closure on Friday 13 December between 9pm to 5am. During the overnight closures a fully signed diversion will be in place.

Whilst the safety barrier is installed, lane one of the A452 northbound carriageway will be closed between Tuesday 17 September and Friday 13 December 2024. 

Call the HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434 or Email: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk 

On four Saturdays -  23, 30 November and 7, 14 December 2024 - Harvil Road will be closed overnight north and south of the new Harvil Road bridge over the Chiltern Line, between 9pm and 6am, to allow HS2 contractors ALIGN carry out an audit and inspection overnight. To ensure the safety of both the operatives and rail users, the work will take place when no trains are operating on the Chiltern Line.

This means that on the following dates Harvil Road will be closed overnight and works be carried out each night from 9pm to 6am to allow the works to be carried out safely.

• Saturday 23 November 2024
• Saturday 30 November 2024
• Saturday 7 December 2024
• Saturday 14 December 2024

A clearly signed diversion will be in place via Moorhall Road/A412/ A40 and part of the diversion will involve M40 at junction 1 (Denham Roundabout).

For safety reasons, temporary traffic management will be in place. However, this will be removed at the end of each shift. During the road closure, local access to residential and commercial properties (including the Dogs Trust) will be maintained, however, 

There will be no through access for emergency services.

HS2 and their contractors ALIGN would like to apologise in advance for any disruption or inconvenience this may cause. Every effort is being taken to ensure that these works are carried out in the least impactful way, to ensure that disruption is kept to a minimum.

Contact HS2 Helpdesk team all day, every day of the year on: 
Freephone: 08081 434 434 
Minicom: 08081 456 472 
Email: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk 

Long-term traffic management is now in place on the M42/M6 link road. This involves closing lane one and the hard shoulder of the M42/M6 link road southbound connector.

This will reduce the lane availability from two running lanes of traffic to one and will be in place from 24 August 2023 until further notice.

Contact HS2 Helpdesk team all day, every day of the year on:

Freephone: 08081 434 434
Minicom: 08081 456 472
Email: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk

HS2 contractor BBV will install overnight closures of the eastbound and westbound carriageways on the M42/M6 link road from 9pm each night and re-opening at 5am each morning. This is to undertake carriageway cleaning works. 

See below a breakdown of these overnight closures from June to December 2024:

M6/M42 eastbound

• Friday 26 July to Saturday 27 July
• Friday 30 August to Saturday 31 August
• Friday 27 September to Saturday 28 September
• Friday 25 October to Saturday 26 October
• Friday 29 November to Saturday 30 November
• Thursday 19 December to Friday 20 December

The eastbound closures and approved diversion route are as follows:

M42/M6 traffic to continue southbound on the M6 to junction 4a to join the A446/A452 southbound to join the A45 westbound to join the M42 at junction 6 to rejoin the M42 northbound.

M42/M6 westbound

• Friday 12 July to Saturday 13 July
• Friday 26 July until Saturday 27 July
• Friday 16 August to Saturday 17 August
• Friday 13 September to Saturday 14 September
• Friday 18 October to Saturday 19 October
• Friday 15 November to Saturday 16 November
• Friday 13 December to Saturday 14 December

The westbound closure and approved diversion route:

The diversion route will be to continue on M42 southbound from junction 8 to junction 6. At M42 junction 6 exit the M42 southbound onto the roundabout and take the M42 slip road to go northbound and join the M6 westbound.

Contact the HS2 Helpdesk team all day, every day of the year on:

Freephone: 08081 434 434

Minicom: 08081 456 472

Email: hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is working in partnership with HS2 Ltd to build the new high-speed railway.  The new railway will pass over the M42 motorway on a box structure near Birmingham Business Park and the NEC.

To prepare for this construction activity the M42 motorway will be closed this weekend to undertake works that are not safe to do around live traffic. 

HS2/BBV works are taking place this weekend, Friday 13 to Monday 16 December on the M42.  

These works involve temporary closures northbound between:

• junction 6 (Bickenhill Interchange/NEC/Resorts World/ Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International Railway Station) and junction 7a (Coleshill Interchange) and
• southbound between junction 7 (Coleshill Interchange) and
• junction 6 (Bickenhill Interchange/NEC/Resorts World/ Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International Railway Station).

The M42 motorway will be closed between these junctions from: 

• 9pm on Friday 13 December until 5am on Monday 16 December. 

A fully signed diversion will be in place.

M42 Diversion Northbound: 

• Leave at M42 junction 6 (Bickenhill Interchange/NEC/Resorts World/ Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International Railway Station) and
• travel eastbound on the A45, take the first exit at Stonebridge Island and head northbound on the A452/A446 and re-join the M42 at junction 9 (Dunton Interchange) to continue northbound

M42 Diversion Southbound:

Diversion via A Roads:

• Southbound traffic can exit M42 at Junction 9 (Dunton Interchange) and
• travel southbound on the A446 to M6 Junction 4 Island,
• take the second exit to continue southbound on the A446/A452 to Stonebridge Island,
• take the third exit onto the A45 westbound and re-join the M42 at Junction 6. (Bickenhill Interchange/NEC/Resorts World/ Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International Railway Station).
• PLEASE NOTE; This Diversion route would offer the most direct routes to visitors to Birmingham Airport/Birmingham International Railways Station/NEC/Resorts World.

Diversion via M6 Motorway – Road users wishing to remain on the motorway network can exit the M42 southbound via:

• the M6 southbound link, continue on the M6 to exit the M6 at Junction 3 (Exhall Interchange) and
• take the fourth exit back onto the M6 northbound, to exit M6 Junction 4 (Coleshill Interchange) taking the first exit onto the A446/A452 southbound to Stonebridge Island,
• take the third exit onto the A45 westbound and re-join the M42 at Junction 6  (Bickenhill Interchange/Birmingham Airport/Birmingham International Railways Station/NEC and Resorts World

Please plan your journeys and allow extra time when following the diversion routes, using either the local road network or the M6 motorway.

You can still get to where you need to go but you’ll need to follow the diversion, please plan ahead and leave more time for journeys. 

Find out more infomration on the HS2 website. 

Contact the HS2 Helpdesk:

• Freephone: 08081 434 434 
• Minicom: 08081 456 472 
• Email: HS2enquiries@hs2.org.uk