Drivers warned of weekend A1 closures

THE northbound A1 in North Yorkshire will be closed this weekend as part of the Leeming to Barton major road scheme.

The A1 will be closed northbound from 8pm on Saturday until 6am on Monday between junction 50 (Leeming Bar) and Catterick North.

Contractors working on behalf of Highways England will be laying more than 1,100 tonnes of new road surface as they reconstruct the northbound carriageway.

The southbound carriageway will remain open.

Northbound traffic will be directed off the A1 at junction 49 and will re-join at junction 60.

The £380m Highways England project, which began in 2014, will replace the existing dual carriageway with a new three lane motorway which will open next year.

Highways England project manager Tom Howard said: “Our contractors will be replacing the existing carriageway with a new road surface which is why it is essential we close this section of the A1.

“We are advising people to plan their journeys, and would like to thank drivers for their patience.”