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• M6 Southbound Junctions 33-32. Horrendous tail-backs from Junction 33. Nose-to-tail traffic from Carnforth to Preston on the A6. Many people waiting for 8-12 hours in the heat running out of food & water. Barbaric heartless situation. Totally inadequate notifications and signage. The A6 cannot cope with the additional traffic each weekend.

  Posted anonymously at 14:29, Sun 11 September 2022

• The full closure is having a major effect on local roads and local residents as traffic is diverted or attempts to find an alternative route. The closure should be restricted to night time only.

  Posted anonymously at 17:30, Sun 11 September 2022

• Thank you for contacting National Highways about the delays caused by our closure of the southbound carriageway of M6 motorway at junction 33 on the weekend of 10 September. We understand motorists were caught in traffic for a significant period of time and we’re sincerely sorry for this.

  We’ve taken onboard recent feedback and plan to do things differently this weekend (23 – 26 September) while we confirm the rest of the programme with our contractors. We plan to work overnight between the hours of 9pm and 6am under a full southbound closure or with single lane running. During the daytime, we will establish lane closures and run two narrow lanes of traffic past the work area to keep customers moving, removing the need for the full weekend closures, which were previously planned. Once the programme has been finalised with our contractors, we will advertise full details via our website, a press release and social media.

  If you would like a more detailed response on this matter, please contact our 24hr Customer Contact Centre • Email – info@nationalhighways.co.uk • Tel: 0300 123 5000

  Kind regards

  National Highways

  State changed to: Closed

  Posted by National Highways at 08:37, Thu 22 September 2022