The closure is being enforced “for Portsmouth City Council works”.

Part of the M275 will be closed to motorists early next week, National Highways has confirmed.

This weekend, a partial closure of the motorway will prevent people from directly accessing the M27 and heading westbound towards Fareham, Hedge End, and Southampton.

According to National Highways, the M275’s northtbound carriageway will be closed from 9pm on Monday, October 12 until 5am on Tuesday, October 13.

The closure is being placed between the Tipner junction and Junction 12 of the M27. The exact nature of the works is not public knowledge at the time of publication, although National Highways says that it is a “closure for Portsmouth City Council works”.

Further up the road, Junction 10 of the M27 will be opening on Monday, October 12, after months of work to build a new junction from scratch.