Major roadworks on the M62 start in October 2011 with work due for completion in 2013-14.

The scheme will transform the M62 between junctions 25 and 30 into a stretch of managed motorway. The aim of the scheme is to cut congestion and improve journey times and safety.

The M62 managed motorway scheme features:

• Controlled motorway technology installed along the whole scheme length - junctions 25 to 30 - to allow variable speed limits to be displayed to manage traffic flow and reduce congestion
• The hard shoulder will become a permanent traffic lane (24 hours a day, seven days a week) in both directions between junctions 25 and 26 and westbound between junctions 30 and 29
• The hard shoulder will be opened as an additional lane during busy periods in both directions between junctions 26 and 28 and eastbound between junctions 29 and 30
• As the M62 is four lanes in both directions between junctions 28 and 29 the hard shoulder will not be used as an additional traffic lane. 

Information about the speed limit and when to use the hard shoulder will be displayed on electronic signs on gantries above the motorway and monitored by staff in the Agency’s Regional Control Centre at Wakefield.

Work to deliver the scheme will include strengthening the hard shoulder, building emergency refuge areas, installing gantries and electronic signs, and installing sensors in the road to measure traffic levels and speeds. CCTV cameras will also be installed to monitor the motorway and emergency refuge areas.

Further information can be found on the Highways Agency website

Motorway Closures: March - November 2012

36 new gantries are to installed and 16 existing gantries refurbished.

To carry out this work safely sections of the M62 will be closed between junctions 25 and 30. This will be done overnight, on weekends, when traffic flows are lighter. The closures will be between 8pm in the evening and 8am the following morning. Diversion routes will be clearly sign posted.

The next closure will be :

• both directions from 8pm on Saturday 31 March until 8am on Sunday 1 April between Junction 27 (Gildersome) and 28 (Tingley) - see interactive leaflet below for diversion details