Drivers still go through the roadworks at the same speed, but the
contraflows create larger construction areas at the side of the motorway enabling more work to be safely carried out in one shift, speeding up the project.
Mr Price said in January 2015: "It will help allow us to release traffic, to give access for emergency services, and to run an emergency
contraflow. That, with the diversion routes, will potentially allow us to deal with the traffic."
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contraflow is still in operation to install sewers and widen the road for the new Tesco development.
Contraflow is a useful tool for facilitating the evacuation process and managing traffic.
Visitors to Stratford and the popular Wellesbourne Market will be among those affected by the
contraflows and speed limits.
However, a strict 30mph speed limit will be imposed through the
contraflows to ensure traffic and workforce safety, and may be enforced by speed cameras.
Traffic will be in
contraflow, but High ways Agency chiefs are promising that three lanes will be kept open in each direction during peak hours
Off-peak working is to start on Monday with narrow lanes and
contraflow working beginning on June 1.
A single lane
contraflow will divert traffic around the Pen-y-Clip headland and single lane
contraflows will operate in the Conwy tunnel.
As a result, nighttime lane and full carriageway closures (signed diversion routes will be in place) and 24hr
contraflows with a 50mph speed restriction, east and westbound, will be required at various stages during the works.
"As a result of the
contraflows there will be some slip road closures and access restrictions on each affected section of the motorway."