A MAJOR motorway is set to close over three days next week, sending drivers on a 90-minute diversion to travel just six miles.
Next week, though, that backbone will be temporarily fractured as National Highways has announced two separate closures.Meanwhile, at the same time, the northbound side will close from junction 22 to junction 23, impacting drivers around the Merseyside town of Newton-le-Willows. They also activate warning signs - to alert you to traffic jams and hazards up ahead - and close lanes to allow emergency vehicles through.
Andrew Page-Dove, the National Highways operational control director, told The Sun in April: "Safety is our highest priority and our motorways are statistically some of the safest in the world, but there is still work to do as every death is a tragedy and every serious injury a life changed.