M2 hit by cluster of overnight closures around Junction 6

Drivers using the M2 around Junction 6 face a run of overnight closures, after National Highways issued an update covering seven separate works across both carriageways, according to [1]. The trigger for this report is the closure of the M2 eastbound exit slip at Junction 6, listed as active now and due to clear by 06:00 tomorrow, according to [1]. That closure sits alongside a wider set of works that National Highways describes as "emergency" repairs, all scheduled for the same overnight window on 17-18 January 2019, according to [1]. At Junction 6 itself, both the eastbound entry slip and the eastbound exit slip will have all lanes closed from 20:00 on 17 January to 06:00 on 18 January, for what National Highways lists as emergency roadworks, according to [1]. The westbound entry slip at the same junction is also fully closed across the same hours, for the same stated reason, according to [1]. Running either side of the junction, lane closures will affect the open carriageway too. Eastbound between Junctions 5 and 6, lane two of two will be closed from 21:00 on 17 January to 06:00 on 18 January for emergency barrier repairs, according to [1] — this is the specific closure named in the original alert to Wayne. Westbound between Junctions 6 and 5, lane one of two will be closed over the same broader overnight period for emergency roadworks, according to [1]. Further east, between Junctions 6 and 7 eastbound, lane one of two will also be closed from 20:00 to 06:00, again for emergency roadworks, according to [1]. A separate, unrelated closure is also listed for the same night: westbound between Junctions 2 and 1, lane one of three will be shut from 20:00 to 06:00 for emergency road marking works, according to [1]. National Highways gives no indication that this is connected to the Junction 6 cluster. All seven entries are marked "Status: Pending" in the update, timestamped 15 January 2019, and all reference the same overnight window of 20:00 or 21:00 on 17 January through to 06:00 on 18 January, according to [1]. No cause is given for why so many emergency works — barrier repairs, roadworks and road marking — have been scheduled together on the same stretch on the same night; the material does not say whether these are linked incidents or coincidental timing, and that link is unconfirmed. For Wayne, the practical point is straightforward: anyone routed through Junction 6 in either direction, or using the eastbound carriageway between J5 and J7, should expect diversions or delays through to 06:00 tomorrow. The M2 westbound near Junctions 1 and 2 carries a separate, smaller lane restriction over the same hours. What to watch next: whether National Highways confirms these closures have cleared on schedule by 06:00, and whether any of the "emergency" works get extended or explained further in a follow-up bulletin.