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The latest M4 closure is likely to cause traffic chaos on routes around Reading as drivers try to avoid the motorway.

A stretch of the M4 between junctions 11 for Reading and 10 for Wokingham and Bracknell will be closed in both directions this weekend as work continues on the smart motorway project.

All drivers will need to head along Lower Earley Way or through the centre of Reading to avoid the closure, which is likely to have a significant impact on traffic in the area throughout the weekend.

The closure will come into affect after 8pm on Friday, November 6, with the M4 reopening by 6am on Monday, November 9.

This is so highways workers can resurface the road.

The work is taking place as part of the M4 Smart Motorway project, which will see the M4 increased to four lanes.

The project costs an estimated £848 million and will be completed in 2022, according to Highways England.

M4 diversion route

If you are heading east towards Slough and London, you will need to leave the M4 at junction 11.

At the junction, use the roundabout to get onto the B3270 eastbound.

Follow the road in its entirety to Showcase roundabout in Winnersh, using it to get onto the A329(M) heading south east.

That will take you to junction 10 for the M4, where you can continue your journey.

If you are heading west to get to West Berkshire and the South West, you will need to leave the M4 at junction 10.

Get onto the A329(M) heading northbound.

At Winnersh Triangle and the Showcase Roundabout, follow the signs get onto the B3270 heading westbound.

Follow the road in its entirety, using signs for the motorway, to get yourself to junction 11.

M4 roadworks continue

Drivers are also warned of another closure the following weekend, when the motorway will be closed between junction 11 for Reading and junction 12 for Theale.

The motorway will be shut from Friday, November 13 to Monday, November 16 for resurfacing work.

Traffic will be diverted from junction 11, north up the A33 and then south along the A4 to re-join at junction 12.

There will also be a number of overnight closures from junction 10 to 12 during week.