M6 junction 10 improvement

M6 junction 10 congestion affects the local community and businesses, particularly during morning and evening peak times. The improvements will ease congestion and reduce journey times for the thousands of drivers who use it every day.

Start date January - March 2020

End date 2023-24

Cost £78 million

Latest updates

27 March 2024

M6 junction 10 improvement scheme opens to traffic

We've lifted all temporary traffic management from M6 junction 10.The final phase of our upgrade work is complete.

You can now use all the available lanes on the motorway and the connecting roads through the junction.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation throughout our work.

What’s coming up?

Walsall Council is responsible for operating the traffic lights through the junction.

Minor adjustments, for example to traffic light timings, may be needed to ensure traffic is running as smoothly as possible

We'll be reviewing the junction’s performance and taking remedial action where necessary.

We’ll also return for finishing and landscaping work around the junction. Mainly we'll be working away from the road

We may occasionally need to close lanes to keep our workforce and drivers safe. We’ll reduce disruption by working during off-peak times or overnight.

Separate work - like bridge joint repairs and other maintenance between junctions 8 and 10 will start next month.

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04 January 2024

Footpath reopens

We've opened the new combined footpath and cycleway, to the south verge of the north bridge that has controlled crossing points, which is a significant milestone. This means safer journeys for pedestrians, cyclists and other non-motorised users across the roundabout. A footpath was previously provided on the north verge of the north bridge, but there was no controlled crossing point at either end.

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Project information

The M6 junction 10 currently experiences significant congestion and traffic delays, particularly during morning and evening peak times. Road capacity problems have been identified as one of the main transport issues facing the Black Country within the West Midlands Local Transport Plan.

The congestion includes queuing on the roundabout and the motorway slip roads, the Black Country Route and other roads leading to the junction. The improvements will ease congestion and reduce journey times for the thousands of drivers who use it every day

We're working collaboratively with Walsall Council to deliver the scheme within the current budget and to meet commitments made in our Delivery Plan and Walsall Council’s major transport scheme priorities for the period 2015-19.

We have a target completion period and are working as quickly as possible to complete the improvement work.

M6 junction 10 layout prior to works starting

New M6 Junction 10 layout after work has finished

As part of the improvement work we’ll:

replace the two existing bridges with two new, four-lane bridges to increase capacity
widen the existing junction slip roads
improve the slip roads and approaches on the local road network
widen the westbound A454 Black Country Route

Benefits

Provide a freer flowing network by:

reducing congestion on the A454 (Black Country Route and Wolverhampton Road) and other roads linking to the junction
reducing ‘rat-running’ traffic on nearby routes
reducing queuing on the motorway slip roads

Support economic growth by:

improving access to the strategic road network
attracting new business and development to the area
improving links to nearby Enterprise Zone sites and other development sites

Provide a safe and maintainable network by:

replacing the bridges, avoiding major disruptive maintenance work in the future
improving conditions for cyclists, pedestrians and horse-riders for crossing the junction safely

M6 junction 10 public consultation brochure 2015
M6 junction 10 improvements consultation report 2015

Please visit our M6 junction 10 feedback tool to have your say. The tool includes an interactive map. You can click on a location to make a specific comment, or give us your general feedback.

ECHO is a one-way feedback tool, so if you’d like a response to your feedback you can email the project team at: M6Junction10Improvement@nationalhighways.co.uk