Why is the M25 closing?

National Highways says the street will shut so it might demolish and exchange the bridleway bridge at Clearmount and set up a big gantry.

The work can even enhance the variety of lanes at junction 10, which, National Highways stated, will “make journeys safer and improve traffic flow”. Entry and exit roads to Wisley, Pyrford, Old Byfleet and RHS Wisley will probably be made safer, it stated, and air pollution can even be diminished. 

Jonathan Wade, venture lead for National Highways, stated: “Drivers ought to solely use the M25 if their journey is totally needed. This is the primary of 5 full closures of one of many busiest junctions on our street community.

“We have spent months planning for these closures and ensuring there are diversion routes in place, however there’ll nonetheless be heavy congestion and delays.

“These improvements will bring long-term benefits to drivers who pass through this stretch of the M25, not to mention pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders who will also see positive changes in the area.”

When will different M25 closures happen? 

Five full closures are set to happen between now and September 2024 as a part of National Highways’ programme to enhance Junction 10. 

The authorities physique has not but introduced the precise dates of the 4 different closures, however the subsequent one will happen in April to put in the brand new bridleway bridge at Clearmount. Closures won’t happen throughout vacation durations, it stated.

Future closures will embody the set up of the brand new Cockrow Green Bridge – the UK’s first heathland bridge, which is able to join the Ockham and Wisley commons and type a pure and protected hall for native wildlife.

Between 4000 and 6000 autos journey between junctions 9 and 11 between 10am and 9pm on a weekend, National Highways stated, and it warned that journey to airports comparable to Heathrow and Gatwick could possibly be affected.