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Quote: Originally posted by takisawa on 10/7/2018

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As above . :-)
But it’s not that bad, just a bit slower in rush hour.
It’s not as bad as the M5 with the 30mph zone. What the hell are they doing that requires a speed that low ? If a risk assessment throws up a danger of that magnitude then you need to question the contractors working practices.

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Quote: Originally posted by Whatamess on 11/7/2018

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We went from the M56 to the M1 yesterday. Loads of stretches, one about 20 miles, with one lane closed off and the other lanes really narrow. If we saw half a dozen people working it was a lot. A 3 1/2 hour journey took 5 hours going down during the day and 4 1/2 coming back. There should be some restriction on the length of road they can work on at a time, fix that bit and move on to the next bit. And maybe actually do something rather than just cone it off for miles.

Nora

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Quote: Originally posted by daveyjp on 11/7/2018

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Quote: Originally posted by Whatamess on 11/7/2018

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We went from the M56 to the M1 yesterday. Loads of stretches, one about 20 miles, with one lane closed off and the other lanes really narrow. If we saw half a dozen people working it was a lot. A 3 1/2 hour journey took 5 hours going down during the day and 4 1/2 coming back. There should be some restriction on the length of road they can work on at a time, fix that bit and move on to the next bit. And maybe actually do something rather than just cone it off for miles.

Nora

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When they undertake works to change the hard shoulder to a live running lane most of the work isn't actually on the live motorway lanes.

UK motorways are elevated above the surrounding land to prevent flooding.

When they are widened the hard shoulder has to be strengthened to enable it to take constantly running traffic. To do this requires large scale civil engineering works on embankments, bridges and elevated sections. This is all work you can't actually see being done.

Having suffered works like this for the last 10 years in our area once complete the extra lane makes a huge difference.

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Quote: Originally posted by Phishing on 02/7/2018

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Its a national disgrace. 4 years to make it smart, the cones are still there, 5 sets of roadworks between Birmingham and Manchester.
Hundreds of thousands of people delayed every day for hours and never more than a dozen people working on it.
nobody ever brought to account for this farce.

Specifically avoid J21 to J6 between 6am and 10Am and 3.30 to 7pm in both directions. Or allow at least an extra 1.5 hours.

If a single vehicle should break down in the middle of the farce area then just pitch up for the night in lane 1.

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Quote: Originally posted by Phishing on 10/7/2018

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In Japan they close the road and plan it properly and mob handed complete the job. Have a look on line at some of the amazing things you can do with a proper team.
It is against the law to inconvenience the working public.

There is a bridge on the M6 that is being re-enforced. There have been two blokes with chip hammers on it for months. You really could not make it up. Thousands of people delayed every day, best we can offer is two blokes with chip hammers to reface a major bridge.

Way too many public school backhanders now determine who gets the contract. Civil engineering in this country is now behind India and miles behind China.

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