M62 closed – 9pm – 6am, Friday 20 to Monday 23 September.
Network Rail will be closing the M62 in both directions, between Junctions 19 and 20, for a second weekend on these dates:
- From 9pm, Friday 20 September – 6am, Monday 23 September
The closures are being implemented to facilitate the replacement of a rail bridge over the motorway. There will also be various night closures of the motorway throughout September as part of the same project.
Although the official diversion routes for motorway traffic won’t use Oldham’s highway network, the council are aware from previous motorway closures that, when 100,000+ vehicles a day are diverted off the motorway network, not all will follow the signed diversion routes.
With this in mind, road works on Oldham’s key route network and other strategic routes have been stopped for the whole of September. TfGM will also monitors traffic queues 24 hours a day during the closures to ensure that traffic signals are optimised to minimise queues and impact on the network.
“Traffic signals”. Are they talking about traffic lights? Does this mean that TfGM can control the sequences of the lights throughout Greater Manchester? I’ve often thought that the traffic lights were adjusted, throughout the day, to maximise disruption to traffic.
You are correct they do (or should) alter timing for traffic flows. But I understand the system overloads sometimes and can be over ridden is certain circumstances.