A progress report has been released regarding the 12-month upgrade programme at a crucial M23 interchange.

Construction activity at Junction 10 near Crawley commenced the previous month, with an anticipated duration of approximately one year.

Breheny Civil Engineering, the contractor responsible for delivery, has now provided road users with current information.

Safety barriers and lane restrictions required for adding supplementary carriageways have been successfully positioned on the exit ramps heading both north and south at the interchange to protect workers on site.

The firm has also commenced delivery of construction materials to build a foundation structure on the northern exit ramp and has dismantled most of the sound barrier on the northern off-slip to facilitate an extra lane and support wall installation.

Once construction concludes, the noise barrier will be rebuilt.

Traffic control measures along the Copthorne Way entry road to Junction 10 will be implemented from April 6, to permit vegetation removal and slope building work.

Copthorne Way will be shut between 8pm and 6am from April 7 to April 10 to allow the initial phase to commence.

The initiative seeks to enhance traffic flow and alleviate delays at the junction.

Planned enhancements encompass additional lanes on the exit ramps, modernised signal systems, and expansion of the eastern roundabout road surface.

The interchange upgrades are being carried out as a collaborative effort between housebuilders Persimmon Homes and Taylor Wimpey, working alongside National Highways and West Sussex County Council.

The scheme will serve the adjacent Forge Wood residential project, which features nearly 2,000 properties being built to the northeast of Crawley.

The development is projected to finish this year and will become the town’s 14th district.