M5 Motorway Archives - Patchway Journal

The Patchway Journal website was retired at the end of 2024. It is being retained for the time being as a historical record. Looking for something specific? – Try using the Search function.

Wednesday 7th January 2015 SH (Editor)

M5 Junction 17 (Cribbs Causeway) improvement work due to start this week

Improvement work on the southbound exit slip road at junction 17 of the M5 is due to get under way this week. The Highways Agency is carrying out the work as part of the Government’s Pinch Point programme, which forms part of the growth initiative outlined during the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement in November 2011. According to the agency: “Pinch Points provides smaller scale improvements that

Monday 8th October 2012 SH (Editor)

M5 Aztec and Cribbs junctions to get £1.4m upgrade

Two motorway junctions in the Patchway area are to be improved in an effort to reduce congestion, the Government announced today. The northbound exit slip road at junction 16 of the M5 (A38, Aztec West) will be widened to create an extra lane for traffic turning left towards the A38 north. Also on the M5, the southbound exit slip road