{"id":432062,"date":"2026-02-18T09:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432062\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:52:09","slug":"m4-shut-in-both-directions-for-emergency-repairs-near-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432062\/","title":{"rendered":"M4 shut in both directions for emergency repairs near Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The M4 has been closed in both directions in Berkshire for emergency works, according to National Highways.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The road is closed between between junction 10, near Wokingham and junction 11 near Reading, following the discovery of structural damage to a power line pylon near the motorway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">National Highways says the work by Southern Electricity Networks is likely to continue throughout the morning and <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalhighways.co.uk\/travel-updates\/travel-alerts\/m4-berkshire-both-directions-emergency-works-road-closed-between-j10-and-j11\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">diversions are in place, external<\/a> for traffic travelling in both directions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson for National Highways says the &#8220;urgent repair&#8221; is needed as strong winds are forecast for the the area on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The M4 has been closed in both directions in Berkshire for emergency works, according to National Highways. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-432062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}