JUNCTION 2 to 1a of the M40 eastbound will be closed for five nights from tonight for roadworks.

It will shut from 10pm to 6am in the London direction to Thursday.

Traffic will be diverted from junction 2 along the A40 to junction 1a.

The work is part of a £1.3m scheme aimed at improving safety and cutting congestion at junction 1a.

A Highways Agency statement said: 'Work will be carried out to widen, undertake essential repairs and resurface the link road, weather permitting.

'Improvements to lighting and overhead gantry signs will also be made.'