When the decision became necessary to widen the Worcestershire section of M5, it cost £123 million. However, there is slow traffic from J16 (Gloucester Road) to J17 (Cribbs Causeway). The following traffic incidents and congestion for M5 have been reported by Highways England, Traffic Scotland, Traffic Wales or Transport for London (TfL) in the last two hours: There are no current incidents in this location. The M5 will be closed southbound from J22 to J24, with the closure being in place between 9pm and 6am, according to Highways England. Traffic updates, travel news and information reports for all motorways in the UK, including M25, M1, M6, M6Toll, M5, A1(M) etc. [21], On the evening of Friday 4 November 2011, seven people were killed and a further 51 injured in a major crash involving over 50 vehicles which included cars, vans and large goods vehicles near Junction 25 in West Monkton, near Taunton. Travel time is 10 minutes as speed limit is set at 40mph. Wordfence is a security plugin installed on over 3 million WordPress sites. Traffic monitoring service Inrix is showing a lane of the M5 has had to be closed due to flooding. Surface water has led to a lane being closed on the M5 soutbound between J19 (Portishead) and J20 (Clevedon). Traffic seems to be improving across the area and the only issue that is being flagged up in our system is on the M5 southbound. Our motorways join many inter-urban primary destinations and large cities in England, Scotland and Wales. Access from your area has been temporarily limited for security reasons. No one was injured, the traffic was released by 5.30pm and Highways England dealt with the recovery of the vehicle. Congestion on the section south of the M4 is common during the summer holidays, on Friday afternoons and bank holidays. Travel time is 10 minutes. [29], This article is about the M5 motorway in England. The lane closure on the M5 southbound continues to be in place from J19 Portishead to J20 Clevedon, but traffic is said to be coping well. The speed limit is set at 40mph. Junction 15 of the M5 is a large four-level stack interchange, named the Almondsbury Interchange, where the M5 meets the busy M4. The Ministry of Transport insisted that a dual 2-lane motorway would be built at a cost of around £8 million. In 2009, it was announced that the lighting between junctions 30 and 31 would be turned off between midnight and 5.00am to save energy. From there it passed Portishead, Clevedon, Weston-super-Mare and Bridgwater, before reaching its destination ahead of schedule just before 11.30am. There is a planned closure in the region tonight. There is also very slow traffic on the A4 Bath Road in both directions from the Hicks Gate roundabout to St Philips Causeway in Brislington. An abnormal load, which was expected to cause hours of disruption on the M4 and M5 today, has safely passed Bristol and Somerset. Surface water has led to one lane being closed on the M5 southbound from J19 (Portishead) to J20 (Clevedon). The Highways Agency did not anticipate the traffic flows through the junction and the resultant queues can now extend back onto the motorway. [14], Proposals were announced in September 2009 for a new Gloucester Services between junctions 11a and 12. We are trying to find out more about what has happened. These sections of road have kept their number, but have now been suffixed with the letter (M), for example the A1(M), the A64(M) and the A635(M). Get in touch with us or stay up to date with our latest news and updates. There are currently no major delays showing up on the traffic sensors. We've been forced to remove features such as traffic flow, road closures etc due to Google's new extortionate pricing.So that we can bring them back to you, and to gauge interest. The section from Junctions 16 and 18 was illuminated in about 1973 as part or a wider policy announced by UK Minister for Transport Industries in 1972 to illuminate the 86 miles (138 km) of UK motorway particularly prone to fog. At the same time there were plans for large scale business & housing developments at Brockworth, near Gloucester. 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Please remember that it is against the law to use your mobile phone without a hands-free kit whilst driving.If you're caught by the police driving whilst using a hand-held phone you'll get an automatic fixed penalty notice, 6 points on your licence and a fine of £200.A court could also disqualify you from driving. The argument for such an extension has intensified in light of the closure of Plymouth City Airport in 2011, and the 2014 breaching of the South Devon Railway sea wall following storms that in turn, cut off Plymouth and Cornwall's rail access. Registered company number 7575287.Page (M5) cached at 21/10/2020 18:04:08. Heavy traffic on Marlborough Street westbound from M32 J3 (St Pauls) to Bond Street (St James Barton roundabout). There is slow traffic from J16 (Aztec West) to J17 (Cribbs Causeway). The slow-moving vehicle did not appear to create as much disruption as expected, with no sign of any major hold-ups for other motorists during the journey. The first 26 miles (42 km) of the M5 motorway was constructed as a dual two-lane motorway with Worcestershire County Council acting as engineer. Except where otherwise noted, content and photographs on this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.Owned, operated and copyright CliqTo Ltd 2020 and Chris Haycock. The A38 continues south into Devon from junction 31, near Exminster. Heading southwest, the M5 runs east of West Bromwich and west of Birmingham through Sandwell Valley. The owner of this site is using Wordfence to manage access to their site. M5 southbound: slip road is now clear after the broken down car at J16 has been removed. There was miles of slow moving traffic near Portishead following the incident yesterday [16] The Services opened in May 2014[17], In September 2020, Highways England announced that the section between junctions 1 and 2 in the West Midlands will be one of four in England to have its speed limit reduced to sixty miles per hour in a bid to reduce high levels of nitrogen dioxide in the air. Check the current conditions on the M5 with all the latest CCTV traffic camera images in your very own Virtual Control Centre. This is the latest traffic update we have: Bristol school closes after coronavirus case as hundreds of children self-isolating, Oasis Academy New Oak has closed with immediate effect, Coronavirus heat map says thousands have Covid-19 in Bristol amid huge rise in some areas, South Gloucestershire cases are believed to have more than doubled in a week, Heartbroken ex speaks out after Instagram influencer who thought coronavirus 'did not exist' dies, Dmitriy Stuzhuk shared updates with his one million instagram followers after testing positive, Sky History The Chop episodes on hold while channel investigates contestant Darren Lumsdon's tattoos, Darren Lumsden's 88 facial tattoo sparked intense scrutiny on Twitter, University of Bristol confirms death of student, Matthew Ward was working on placement in Swindon, Broadchurch star Joe Sims makes plea as St Peter's Hospice struggles to survive, "The hospice allows people to live out their lives and their death with dignity. Ordnance Survey One Inch Map of Great Britain, Series 7 Sheet 156, major roads revised 1963. The police were called soon after, and it was soon established that the bones were those of a young female. There is a police incident on the M5 northbound which has led to all traffic being temporarily held between J20 and J19. The M5 is also partially blocked southbound by the entry slip road at J16 Aztec West due to a broken down car. Much of the northern section beyond Junction 3, from about Oldbury to the junction with the M6 motorway, was constructed as an elevated dual 3-lane motorway over Birmingham Canal (Old Main Line), Birmingham Canal (New Main Line), and Titford Pool using concrete pillars.[3]. Travel time is 10 minutes as speed limit is … The Avonmouth Bridge, between junctions 18 and 19, is often a bottleneck during heavy traffic periods, due mainly to lane drops at either ends of the bridge for the respective junctions, and the sharp angle in the centre of the bridge, which causes larger vehicles to slow considerably. In 2002, extended exits for Junction 12 were constructed. Our travel news is as up to date as possible but please do always check with local radio news sources and … Slow traffic on A4174 Wootton Park in both directions from A4 Bath Road Brislington Hill to A37 Wells Road (Hengrove). Your access to this service has been limited. AbloadLeaving at approximately 10am this morning.Leigh Delamere services to Taunton Deane services,via M4 and M5.It's a boat hull! [25] As of 2016 no one has been prosecuted in connection with this case. The lane closure on the M5 southbound continues to be in place from J19 Portishead to J20 Clevedon, but traffic is said to be coping well. There is one lane closed due to a broken down car on the M5 northbound from J6 (Worcester) to J5 (Droitwich). The load left Leigh Delamere (near Chippenham) at about 10am and travelled westbound along the M4 towards Bristol, before taking the southbound M5 at the Almondsbury Interchange. During this work, the northbound Strensham services were rebuilt further away from a new junction. Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information. One person was charged for breach under health and safety laws and found not guilty.[24]. Registered company number 7575287. It runs from junction 8 of the M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter in Devon. However, traffic seems to be coping well. The two deviate slightly around Bristol and the area south of Bristol from junctions 16 to the Sedgemoor services north of junction 22. The M5 quite closely follows the route of the A38 road. As traffic leaving the M5 northbound towards Gloucester needs to give way to this traffic coming from the B4008, the queue on the motorway can extend beyond the first sign for the junction. The Motorways archive also records that the carriageways were also built to a lower overall width of 88 feet rather than 100 to reduce the loss of agricultural land. Get all your local traffic news, powered by In Your Area: The A4 in Avonmouth has been closed due to flooding at the Portway roundabout by J18 of the M5.

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