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London-bound M20 entry slip at Junction 4 Leybourne will close this weekend after week of overnight closures

Further disruption is expected to effect motorists on the M20 this week.

After drivers sat in traffic for hours between Junction 4 for Leybourne and Junction 5 for Aylesford on Saturday, the same stretch of motorway is facing more closures.

From 8pm tonight, lanes one and two on the London-bound carriageway will be shut.

Part of the M20 is being transformed into a smart motorway. Stock picture. (6740738)
Part of the M20 is being transformed into a smart motorway. Stock picture. (6740738)

The lanes will reopen at 6am tomorrow, but the overnight closures will last up to and including Friday.

On Friday, the London-bound entry slip at Junction 4 will shut at 8pm.

It will remain closed all weekend, reopening at 6am on Monday.

The closure are all part of the £92million smart motorway scheme, which will add another lane of traffic on the motorway between Junction 3 for the M26 and junction 5 for Aylesford.

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