M2 eastbound between J5 and J6 disrupted by exit slip closure at Junction 6

A planned closure of the M2 Junction 6 eastbound exit slip road is currently active, according to the estate's own traffic-monitoring instrument, which flagged the closure as live and running until 06:00 on Saturday 22 August. The affected stretch is the M2 eastbound between Junctions 5 and 6. Beyond the trigger notice itself, the wider reporting picture on the M2 corridor is patchy. A separate feed of roadworks listings for the M2 and adjoining A2, covering entries logged for the second half of 2026, does not contain a matching line item for this specific J6 eastbound exit slip closure [1]. That feed does show a closure at the M2 westbound between junctions J6 and J5, with lane two affected, listed as "Pending" with the schedule detail cut off in the material supplied [1]. Given the truncation, it is not possible to confirm from that source whether this is the same works programme referenced in the trigger, a related phase of it, or an entirely separate scheme. The same feed lists numerous other roadworks and lane closures across the M2 and A2 through summer 2026 — spanning junctions J1 through J6 in both directions — several marked "Currently Active" and others "Pending" [1]. None of the entries as supplied name Junction 6's eastbound exit slip explicitly, and the listings generally arrive without a stated end date beyond the truncated text, so readers should treat the London-traffic feed as background noise around the corridor rather than confirmation of the trigger's specific closure. A second document in the reporting material concerns a different motorway altogether: a Department for Infrastructure release about the M2 in Northern Ireland, between Junctions 4 and 5, describing a £1.5m resurfacing scheme that finished ahead of schedule with a full overnight closure in both directions and a signed diversion via the A6 and A57 [2]. That closure ran from 8pm Friday 24 July to 7am Saturday 25 July 2026 and has already concluded [2]. It is unrelated to the Junction 6 exit slip closure named in the trigger — different M2, different junctions, different dates — and is included here only because it appeared in the material; it should not be read as bearing on the current closure between J5 and J6. In short: the one solid fact is the trigger itself — the M2 eastbound exit slip at Junction 6 is shut for construction, active now, expected to lift at 6am on Saturday 22 August. The supporting material fetched alongside it does not independently corroborate the dates or scope, and contains at least one closure (the Northern Ireland M2 works) that is plainly a different road entirely. Anyone planning to use that stretch before Saturday morning should expect the exit slip to be unavailable and allow for diversion via the next junction, though no official diversion route for this specific closure is confirmed in the material to hand. What to watch: whether the estate's monitor updates with a confirmed reopening at or before 06:00 Saturday 22 August, and whether the London-traffic feed's overlapping J5–J6 westbound lane closure is confirmed as linked to the same scheme.