End in sight for M5 delays as work nears completion
It is the work that has caused two years of misery on the M5 but soon the repairs to the Oldbury Viaduct will be completed, ending long delays on the motorway.
The latest pictures show the scale of the job that has been carried out to repair the crumbling section of road, which carries thousands of vehicles every day.
The huge job has been carried out in two phases to allow traffic to continue running. However, the work has led to major delays, with the motorway being cut to two narrow lanes at 30mph between Junctions 1 and 2.
Highways England say the project should be completed in the spring. It was hit by a six-month delay blamed on last summer's hot weather.
Project leaders have said they are reviewing whether 'non-safety critical' work needs to be done now as they want to get traffic back up and running as soon as possible.
They say they are ready to give up on some parts of the job for now, including painting railings, as they believe it could hold up drivers unnecessarily.
The job is one of the largest carried out on a UK motorway and Highways England says the work is essential.
More than 400 miles of scaffolding has been up, enough scaffold boards to cover seven football pitches and enough scaffold staircases to reach the top of Ben Nevis and Snowdon.
