Anonymous ID: e7463b Dec. 10, 2025, 8:53 a.m. No.23965598   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5610

This caught my eye earlier, unsure if comms or what.

Prince Charles bridge closed overnight.

 

The Prince of Wales Bridge will be closed overnight on Tuesday after a day full of delays for drivers hoping to cross the border. Two lanes have been closed on the bridge since the morning after National Highways identified several lighting columns which required immediate removal "due to risk of collapse".

 

Repairs have been unable to take place during the day as a result of high winds caused by Storm Bram, but are now planned to happen during a full bridge closure which begins at 8pm. The bridge will reopen at 6am on Wednesday.

 

The situation on the M4 was made even worse as the M48 Severn Bridge was closed twice in one day due to high winds which saw drivers being diverted over the M4 Prince of Wales Bridge, adding to the delays.

 

The M48 Severn Bridge has since reopened but two lanes remain closed in both directions on the Prince of Wales Bridge due to emergency lighting repairs from J22 M49 to J23 M48. The light columns are at immediate risk of collapse.

 

Drivers heading across the bridge eastbound are experiencing half an hour-long delays, and drivers heading westbound are facing hour-long delays.

 

Catherine Fookes, the MP for Monmouthshire, said the partial closure of the bridge had been a "major blow for Monmouthshire", adding that she was "extremely disappointed" that the bridge had been allowed to fall into disrepair.

 

She continued: "I have written to National Highways requesting an urgent meeting to investigate why this has happened, and how they intend to resolve the situation.

 

"In the meantime, if you can, please avoid the bridge which is currently partially closed and will be completely shut from 8pm tonight (Tue) to 6am tomorrow (Wed)."

 

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/m4-live-updates-both-severn-33024051#google_vignette