M20 eastbound slip road at Junction 12 shut overnight for roadworks

A planned closure is currently in effect on the M20 eastbound entry slip road at Junction 12, according to the estate's own traffic monitoring instrument, which flagged the closure as active now and running until tomorrow at 06:00. The closure affects access to the eastbound carriageway at Junction 12, meaning drivers looking to join the motorway eastbound at that junction will need to find an alternative route or entry point for the duration. Checking National Highways' road closure report, the body responsible for publishing advance notification of full closures on England's motorways and major A roads, no matching entry for this specific closure could be found, according to [1]. The search returned no results matching the criteria searched. This is worth noting plainly: National Highways' own service states that closures are generally listed by start date and cover the strategic road network, with information updated twice daily on weekdays, according to [1]. The M20 is part of that network, so a live closure of this kind would ordinarily be expected to appear in the database. Its absence here does not necessarily mean the closure isn't happening — National Highways itself cautions that the information "is subject to change at short notice" and that schedules further into the future are less reliable, according to [1] — but it does mean the closure cannot be independently corroborated through this source at the time of writing. National Highways also states that its closure listings are provided "as is" and that it "cannot guarantee that the content is always accurate and up to date," according to [1]. That caveat cuts both ways: it explains why a genuine closure might not show up in a same-day search, but it also means Wayne should treat the overnight closure as reported by the estate's instrument rather than as independently confirmed by the national authority. For anyone planning an eastbound journey via Junction 12 before 6am, the practical takeaway is the same regardless of the database mismatch: treat the slip road as closed until tomorrow morning and plan an alternative entry point, given that the estate's own flagging system reported it as active now. What to watch next: whether National Highways' closure report updates to reflect this M20 Junction 12 closure in its next twice-daily refresh, which would confirm the estate's instrument was accurate and simply ahead of the published listing.