More M4 misery is projected for this weekend as roadworks make their way further east along the motorway.

It will be closed in both directions between Slough and Windsor from 10pm today (Friday) under Monday (October 21) at 6am.

The hard shoulder is being converted to a traffic lane, so there will be four lanes available for use by road users once works are complete.

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Highways England have also said the M4 will use the "latest technology" to monitor traffic flow and set speed limits.

This follows traffic chaos in Reading as the town tried to absorb extra motorway vehicles.

Drivers can expect more closures on the weekends of October 29 and November 4 before these works are completed.

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The M4 will be closed in both directions between junctions 5 (Langley) and 6 (Slough-Windsor) from the  October 28 at 10pm until the next day at 6am. It will then close again from October 29 at 10pm to October 31 at 6am. Traffic will be diverted onto the A4 and the A355.

More closures will take place between junctions 6 (Slough-Windsor) and 8/9 (Maidenhead) from November 4 at 10pm to 4 to November 7 at 6am.Traffic will be diverted onto the A308M, the A308, the A332 & the A355.