M2 eastbound squeezed at Junction 6 as exit slip shuts for roadworks

Mason's ledger flagged an active closure on the M2 eastbound: the Junction 6 exit slip is shut for construction now, with the work scheduled to run until 06:00 on Saturday 22 August, according to the estate's traffic monitor. Beyond that single closure, the wider picture on the M2 corridor this summer is one of heavy, overlapping roadworks. A separate feed of live and planned M2/A2 disruption, drawn from londontraffic.org, lists dozens of entries stretching from late June into mid-August 2026, spanning both carriageways and multiple junctions [1]. Several of these are listed as "Currently Active" rather than merely planned, including a scheme on the M2 westbound between junctions 4 and 2 running from 29 June to 4 July, a matching eastbound scheme between junctions 3 and 4 over the same dates, and a longer-running eastbound closure between junctions 1 and 3 lasting from 21 June to 20 July [1]. The A2 also carries active work between the M25 and the M2 junction from mid-June into July, and separately between the M2 and the A2260 slip from late June [1]. The material lists many further "Pending" lane and slip closures for late July and August — including night-time works on the A2 westbound and eastbound on multiple dates, lane closures at Junction 3 in both directions, and further overnight works on the M2 westbound between junctions 4 and 3 running from late July into 10 August [1]. Most of these are overnight, typically 20:00 to 06:00, though exact durations and which lanes are affected vary between entries and the source text itself is fragmentary in places, cutting off mid-sentence on several listings [1]. Wayne should treat the specifics of individual lane numbers with caution where the record is incomplete. Separately, and for context only, a Department for Infrastructure notice from Northern Ireland describes a different M2 — between junctions 4 and 5 near Templepatrick — where a £1.5m resurfacing scheme ran ahead of schedule, prompting a full overnight closure in both directions from 8pm Friday 24 July to 7am Saturday 25 July 2026, with traffic diverted via the A6 and A57 [2]. This is a different motorway network entirely (Northern Ireland's M2, not the Kent/London M2 covered by the traffic monitor) and is included here only because it surfaced in the reporting material; it does not bear on the Junction 6 closure itself [2]. Taken together, the reporting material shows the Junction 6 exit slip closure sits inside a much busier construction season on this stretch of the M2/A2, with active and pending works stacking up through July and into August [1]. None of the material gives a reason for the works beyond generic references to "roadworks are planned" or "roadworks scheme," and no contractor or cost figure is given for the M2/A2 corridor work, unlike the Northern Ireland notice, which specifies a £1.5m scheme [1][2]. What to watch next: whether the Junction 6 slip reopens as scheduled at 06:00 Saturday 22 August, and whether the overlapping pending closures listed for late July through mid-August materialise as scheduled or shift, as the Northern Ireland example shows can happen even in the other direction — works finishing early rather than late [1][2].