{"id":16344,"date":"2025-04-13T11:13:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T11:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/16344\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T11:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T11:13:15","slug":"blues-fans-issued-m1-travel-warning-with-90-minute-delays-on-route-to-wembley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/16344\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues fans issued M1 travel warning with 90 minute delays on route to Wembley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City supporters travelling to Wembley by car or coach have been warned of long delays on the M1<\/p>\n<p>10:25, 13 Apr 2025Updated 10:54, 13 Apr 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_M1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Traffic on the M1 between J19 and J18\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Traffic on the M1 between J19 and J18(Image: National Highways )<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Blues fans travelling to Wembley have been warned of 90 minute delays on the motorway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">National Highways says there are 90 minutes of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/midlands-traffic-and-travel\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">delays<\/a> on the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/midlands-traffic-and-travel\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">M1 southbound<\/a> within J18, Crick Interchange.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">An up-and-over closure is in place due to waterproofing works.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">READ MORE: <\/strong><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/three-reasons-suv-seized-m6-31412499\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Three reasons SUV seized at M6 Hilton Services &#8211; two were glaringly obvious<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get breaking news on <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/FJKVhwxllixI0DiCj9e2sk\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/a>, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">One of the main routes south for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> City supporters travelling by road to Wembley includes taking the M6 and then merging onto the M1 at its J19, Catthorpe Interchange in Leicestershire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Live Google traffic data shows red congestion between J19 and J18 on the M1 due to the up-and-over closure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_M1-congestion.png\" alt=\"Congestion on the M1 via Google live traffic data\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Congestion on the M1 via Google live traffic data(Image: Google)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Motorway cameras show lines of traffic between both <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/midlands-traffic-and-travel\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">junctions<\/a> heading southbound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Blues take on Peterborough United at 3pm in the EFL Trophy at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">National Highways wrote on X: &#8220;Delays are rising on the #M1 southbound within J18 near #Crick #Northampton and are currently an hour and half above normal journey times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;This is due to planned waterproofing works that are taking place this weekend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Explaining more about the closure, National Highways said on its website: &#8220;Weather permitting, we\u2019re due to complete our essential rewaterproofing of Crick bridge at junction 18 of the M1 in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The southbound carriageway through the junction will be closed from 9pm on Friday 11 April to 6am on Monday 14 April, with a contingency date of 9pm on Friday 25 April to 6am on Monday 28 April&#8221;The diversion is up and over the junction using the slip roads, but long delays are expected so allow extra time for your journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham City supporters travelling to Wembley by car or coach have been warned of long delays on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16345,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,8955,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-16344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-midlands-traffic-and-travel","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114330363748880704","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}