Lane 1 closure southbound
ClearedLane 1 closure southbound
- Start time
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 7:00 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 6 hours 25 minutes 1 second
- Road
- M6 – M6 Southbound Between J1 And M1/A14
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- Lane 1 closed, 1 of 3 lanes affected
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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- First published
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 6:51 PM
- Last updated
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 12:20 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 1:25 AM
- Latest update: Lane 1 closure southbound
- Coordinates
- 52.407427, -1.233218
- Latitude span
- 52.406144 – 52.409504
- Longitude span
- -1.256450 – -1.210801
- Bounding box centre
- 52.407824, -1.233626
- Location descriptions
-
- M6 southbound between J1 and M1/A14
- M6 southbound within J1
- M6 southbound between J2 and J1
- Feed validity status
- Active
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 7:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 5:00 AM
- Feed window length
- 10 hours
- Probability code (raw)
- certain
- Compliance option (raw)
- mandatory
- Source identification (raw)
- roadworks
- Management type value
- other
- Contra-flow flag (raw)
- false
- Width restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Height restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Weight restriction flag (raw)
- false
Segment 1
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J1 and M1/A14
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {AB3A5C54-12E0-42A2-AB13-26E29307F225}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 768 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.406662 -1.222119 52.406626 -1.221296 52.40651 -1.218652 52.406503 -1.218505 52.406453 -1.217742 52.40643 -1.216904 52.406306 -1.21454 52.406201 -1.212322 52.406153 -1.211015 52.406147 -1.210853
Segment 2
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {EF468BF4-5CC5-4F7C-8B06-FC22D93077A1}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 483 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.40912 -1.253462 52.408857 -1.251673 52.408452 -1.248313 52.408278 -1.246876 52.40824 -1.246509
Segment 3
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {322F1EBC-615F-4DD9-BD3F-9C7B48C77D16}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 106 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.40824 -1.246509 52.408152 -1.245672 52.408077 -1.244968
Segment 4
4 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound within J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {55337BBA-1476-45FF-9380-5AEFDBC64942}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 290 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.408077 -1.244968 52.40802 -1.244381 52.407769 -1.241651 52.407691 -1.240741
Segment 5
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J1 and M1/A14
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {05D4F8ED-884F-4BE3-A95E-3D34E1C71FA8}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 3 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.406147 -1.210853 52.406144 -1.210801
Segment 6
11 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J1 and M1/A14
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {BD426780-A5C8-4141-9465-264623597864}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,272 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.407691 -1.240741 52.407613 -1.239772 52.407489 -1.238039 52.407415 -1.237012 52.407366 -1.236425 52.407287 -1.23525 52.407002 -1.230198 52.406949 -1.228861 52.406747 -1.224219 52.406672 -1.222324 52.406662 -1.222119
Segment 7
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M6 southbound between J2 and J1
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Cl1
- Lane Number
- 1
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 1 lane restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 3 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M6
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {5E52A96F-A10D-4AC1-99E3-20B2BB4F38F2}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 305 m
- To Distance
- 512 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
52.409504 -1.25645 52.409451 -1.256088 52.40912 -1.253462
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 38
- First coordinate pair
- -1.222119, 52.406662
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 38
View geometry JSON
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Certain
- Validity status
- Active
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 6:51 PM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 12:20 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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