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Winter driving tips

It's that time of year again when you notice the mornings are getting light later, the nights are drawing in earlier, and more people are jumping in their cars making the main roads into the city centre run slower.

Read our winter driving tips.

Trains

Chiltern railways: www.chilternrailways.co.uk
Virgin trains: www.virgintrains.co.uk
London MidlandTrains: www.londonmidland.com
Centro: www.centro.org.uk

Buses

Travel West Midlands: www.travelwm.co.uk

Trams

Midland Metro: www.travelmetro.co.uk

Roads

Highways Agency: www.highways.gov.uk
AA: www.theaa.com

Air

Birmingham International Airport: www.bhx.co.uk

Coaches

National Express: www.nationalexpress.co.uk

Other National Service Information

www.traveline.org.uk – for links to national and local ferry, rail, airport and bus information.
www.nationalrail.co.uk – for all national rail services.
www.baa.co.uk – Links to these UK airports: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen & Southampton.

Significant planned roadworks in various local areas

These are the planned roadworks in various local areas which may have the potential to affect road users beyond the immediate areas.

Acocks Green

Fox Hollies Road – 29th – 30th April 2012
Fox Hollies Road junction Westfield Road will have
signals in place to enable the removal and relay
various points.
Start time – 09.30hrs Finish time – 15.30hrs

Bartley Green

Barnes Hill – 09th April – 04th May 2012
Barnes Hill at various locations will have signing and guarding in place whilst
excavations are carried out to validate utility plant locations. Each excavation
will be fully reinstated after each excavation (i.e. within 1 hour).
Start time – 09.00hrs (Mon – Fri) Finish time – 17.00 (Mon – Fri)

Ladywood

Carrs Lane – 22nd January – 23rd July 2012
Carrs Lane junction High Street and Moor Street Queensway will have a road
closure and diversion in place to enable gas mains replacement works.
Start time – 09.30hrs Finish time – 06.00hrs

Hill Street/Station Street – until 03rd September 2012
Hill Street/Station Street will have a pavement closure on Hill Street and
partial pavement closure on Station Street to facilitate works to enable the
rebuild of Birmingham Gateway Project.
Start time – 18.00hrs Finish time – 11.59

Stephenson Street – 20th February – 30th September 2012
Stephenson Street outside the Newt Public House will have footpath
restrictions and closures to facilitate the delivery of plant and materials to and
from site during the construction of the North East Corner.
Start time – 00.01hrs Finish time – 11.59hrs

Stephenson Street – 29th February – 31st July 2012
Stephenson Street will have a lane closure in force to allow works on
removing panels from a building in Stephenson Street.
Start time – 00:01hrs Finish time – 11:59hrs

Longbridge

A38 Bristol Road South – 26th & 27th April 2012
Bristol Road South will have a left hand lane closure at its junction with Ryde
Park Road to allow surface dressing to take place.
Start time – 09.30hrs Finish time 16.00hrs

A38 Bristol Road South – 26th & 27th April 2012
Bristol Road South will have a left hand lane closure at its junction with Cliff
Rock Road to allow surface dressing to take place.
Start time – 09.30hrs Finish time 16.00hrs

Nechells

Small Heath Highway – 02nd April – 04th June 2012
Phase 1 – 02nd April – 07th May 2012
Phase 2 – 07th May – 04th June 2012

Small Heath Highway at Bolton Road out bound will have a lane closure in
place to enable construction works to the near side. Works will be carried out
in two phases. Works are part of the A45 Coventry Road Route
Enhancements Scheme.
Start time – 06.30hrs Finish time – 15.30hrs

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Various tunnel and underpass maintenance works

The following tunnel and underpass maintenance works are planned to take place.

Birchfield Underpass/A34 Walsall Road – 26th March–31st May

Sunday to Thursday working only
Lane closures will be in force within Birchfield Underpass in both directions to allow refurbishment works in advance of this summer’s Olympics.

Start time – 19.00hrs Finish time – 06.00hrs

Lancaster Underpass

15th July 2012
28th October 2012

Lancaster Underpass into and out of city will have a closure in place to enable drain cleaning and jetting.

Start time – 05.00hrs Finish time – 10.00hrs

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