MOTORISTS have been told to expect 'significant delays' of up to 90 minutes as 25-tonne silos travels along a major motorway.
The three large silos, each weighing 25 tonnes, are being moved by specialist transport company Allelys, with drivers warned that the movement of the abnormal load on the M5 over the coming days is expected to cause 'significant delays'.
The first silo was moved on Wednesday, September 30 and Friday, October 2, with the remaining two set to be escorted by West Midlands Police along the M5 between Junction 8 and Junction 2 from 4am on Friday (October 9) and Monday (October 12).
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According to National Highways, northbound journeys on the M5 will be 'directly affected' by the abnormal load movement, with only one lane available for vehicles overtaking.
Due to the height of the loads, the transport and escort vehicles will travel between 20 and 25mph, and will need to stop and lower their loads at certain structures.
National Highways says that when this is required, northbound traffic will be held.
'Significant delays', estimated between 60 and 90 minutes, are expected.
Writing on their website, National Highways said: "Northbound journeys on the M5 will be directly affected. Only one lane will be available northbound for vehicles overtaking.
"Due to the height of the load, the vehicles will travel between 20 and 25mph.
"They will need to stop and lower their loads at certain structures along the route. When this is required, northbound traffic will be held.
"As a result, we expect significant delays, estimated between 60 and 90 minutes.
"The vehicles are scheduled to pull over at appropriate locations to allow the build-up of traffic to pass."
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