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Express & Star 9 Jan 11
Months of misery on the M6 will end when narrow lanes and 50mph speed limits are removed in the next fortnight. Both sides between Junctions 8 and 10 near Walsall will return to normal by January 23.
Work will still continue to open up the fourth lane. But drivers will be forced off the M6 four times in the next fortnight due to roadworks…
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Kat Baldwyn B'ham Mail 8 Jan 11
Parts of the M6 through the Midlands will be closed overnight at various times in the next two weeks.
Work will be carried out on the southbound M6 between junctions ten at Walsall and eight, the M5 intercharge, as part of a congestion-tackling scheme allowing for drivers to use the hard shoulder.
The project will require the complete shutdown of the southbound carriageway between junctions ten and seven, at Great Barr, from 9.30pm to 5.30am next Wednesday and Thursday…
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Express & Star 18 Dec 10
Four months of roadworks are set to start on the M5 in the new year, causing further misery. Overnight lane closures and speed restrictions will be at junction 1 for West Bromwich from January 10.
Work being carried out is aimed at improving the carriageway, including better safety barriers…
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Express & Star 15 Dec 10
The M5 was closed today after a lorry crashed into a central reservation between Junction 2 for Oldbury and Junction 3 for Halesowen.
The crash happened at 9.30pm last night, when the truck, which was travelling in a northbound direction, hit the barrier and crossed over into the other carriageway, close to Junction 2…
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B'ham Post 3 Nov 10
The West Midlands has the worst traffic jams in the UK, according to a new study. The worst UK traffic bottleneck is the section of the M5 heading towards the M6 at Wednesbury, according to figures from traffic information company INRIX.
The firm also revealed that Wednesday is the worst day for traffic jams…
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B'ham Post 13 Oct 10
Thousands of motorists were caught up in traffic queues on Wednesday after a bus broke down on a slip road onto the M5 at West Bromwich.
The southbound slip road off the motorway, at junction one, was shut as the disruption caused traffic to back up over the island and onto the M5…
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BusinessDesk 19 Aug 10
Enough rubbish to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools is being collected off the region’s motorways every year.
Amey, which has a major base in Colmore Plaza in Birmingham, says it has collected up to 5,000 sacks of junk every month from the sides of the M40, M42, M5, M6, M50 and the M54…
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The YamYam 21 Apr 10
A series of crashes brought rush hour misery to thousands of drivers using the motorway system around Walsall on Wednesday morning. The Highways Agency reported delays of 90 minutes and traffic was at a standstill in 20 mile tailbacks.
The first accident happened on the M6 between Junction 10 in Walsall and Junction 10a for the M54 just after 6am. Two lorries and a car collided on the northbound carriageway in the notorious hard should road-works causing two lanes to be closed for four hours. Traffic was stationary as far south as Junction 4 at Coleshill.
A second accident between a lorry and a car occurred at 6.50am on the M5 between Junctions 3 and 4 resulting in a lane closure. At 7.20am another collision involving a lorry and a car happened near Junction 9 on the southbound M6 near Wednesbury causing tailbacks to Hilton Park Services.
The chaos spread to the surrounding roads that approach the motorway junctions. The Black Country Route was at a standstill between Willenhall and Junction 10 and long queues quickly formed on the Wolverhampton Road coming out of Walsall. Traffic on Bescott Road also suffered disruption on the approach to Junction 10.
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Express & Star 21 Apr 09
A woman who died after being discovered on a motorway slip road has been named as Lisa Collins from Brownhills…