Highways Agency - Improvements? - General Discussion

26-01-2007, 23:42

Ways in which you think the HA can improve the UK's roads?

ForestChav · 26-01-2007, 23:52

Dual the A46, A52 and A453. Convert the A14 to motorway.

26-01-2007, 23:54

My suggestion: Dual the A1 near the Scottish Border.

26-01-2007, 23:55

Oh, forgot. Dual the A66 now!

ForestChav · 26-01-2007, 23:58

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Originally Posted by RH Freeview

Oh, forgot. Dual the A66 now!

Not like this one which i did for another site, then?

What... you mean the other bit of A66?

rufnek2k6 · 27-01-2007, 00:00

Actually have proper diversions when doing roadworks. Coming back from Aston the other day, we had to follow a diversion route which involved going down an unlit country lane for 10 minutes, only to find that too was blocked off at the end.

ForestChav · 27-01-2007, 00:01

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Originally Posted by rufnek2k6

Actually have proper diversions when doing roadworks. Coming back from Aston the other day, we had to follow a diversion route which involved going down an unlit country lane for 10 minutes, only to find that too was blocked off at the end.

The HA can't do that, they are only responsible for maintaining trunk roads, and so they can only divert onto equivalent roads.

27-01-2007, 00:06

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Originally Posted by ForestChav

What... you mean the other bit of A66?

Yes, from Jct 56 on the A1(M) to Jct 40 on the M6.

Bloody Caravans!

ForestChav · 27-01-2007, 00:14

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Originally Posted by RH Freeview

Yes, from Jct 56 on the A1(M) to Jct 40 on the M6.

Bloody Caravans!

Scotch Corner's on the A1!

27-01-2007, 00:15

Fine, the A1!

2+2=5 · 27-01-2007, 00:15

4 or 5 lanes on the M4 approach to London....it's total idiocy that one of the main arterial routes into London covering most of Western England gets shrunk to 2 lanes plus a bus lane. It's almost always got tailbacks.

ForestChav · 27-01-2007, 00:27

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Originally Posted by 2+2=5

4 or 5 lanes on the M4 approach to London....it's total idiocy that one of the main arterial routes into London covering most of Western England gets shrunk to 2 lanes plus a bus lane. It's almost always got tailbacks.

London Ringways would be nice too, as well as finishing the London ends of the M1, M11, and M23.

2+2=5 · 27-01-2007, 00:40

Imagine free-flowing traffic from the M4 all the way upto the M1 and beyond......shame they didn't go through with the plan all the way.

27-01-2007, 00:50

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Originally Posted by 2+2=5

Imagine free-flowing traffic from the M4 all the way upto the M1 and beyond......shame they didn't go through with the plan all the way.

Heaven.....

ForestChav · 27-01-2007, 00:55

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Originally Posted by 2+2=5

Imagine free-flowing traffic from the M4 all the way upto the M1 and beyond......shame they didn't go through with the plan all the way.

Yeah, it is, plus more bonus it would flatten most of London, considering i don't live there... yay... the M25 would have been better too, as it stands, it's a bit of R4 joined to a bit of R3, that explains the mess at the M25/M26/A21 jct where you have to turn off the M25 to stay on, etc etc. And I do happen to have a soft spot for what was the "M41" haha what could have been there!

krob2 · 27-01-2007, 11:20

The one thing they should be doing is looking to take away roundabouts on main A roads.

Around here there are numerous examples of roundabouts that cause congestion. If they took them out things would be much better

Examples are the A50 - 4 roundabouts between Meir and the M1 - all these do is cause congestion. Then theres the A38 through Derby and the horrors that are J24 and J28 of the M1!

Ads · 27-01-2007, 12:03

Quite a few busy A roads could do with duelling - examples include the A453 between Oxford and Swindon (as mentioned by an earlier poster), and the entire A303 between Exeter and the M23 - although to be fair I think the A303 is already in the pipline.

Also the A509 between Rushden and Peterborough could do with an extra lane.

mrrobward · 27-01-2007, 12:52

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Originally Posted by ForestChav

Convert the A14 to motorway.

Totally agree on that one, Some bits don't need to be a motorway but some of it does.

ForestChav · 27-01-2007, 13:03

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Originally Posted by krob2

the horrors that are J24 and J28 of the M1!

J28 is better since the recent improvements, especially the escape lane from Mansfield to the M1 South.

The whole 23a/24/24a is a mess, the HA's revamp for that under the M1 widening scheme is encouraging. I have my own ideas... also includes a dualled A453.

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Originally Posted by Ads

examples include the A453 between Oxford and Swindon (as mentioned by an earlier poster)

That's a long road? Nottingham to Birmingham then multiplexes with the A34 to Oxford? You mean the A420 don't you

Glen · 27-01-2007, 13:20

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Originally Posted by Ads

A453 between Oxford and Swindon (as mentioned by an earlier poster),

The A453 is from Birmingham to Nottingham. If you mean the A420, it isn't a trunk route.

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A303 between Exeter and the M23

You mean the M3, surely?

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Also the A509 between Rushden and Peterborough

Now you've totally lost me.

The A509 is from Milton Keynes to Kettering going near, but not to, Rushden. To go from Rushden to Peterborough you would use the A45 to Thrapston and the A605 (which also isn't trunk).

ForestChav · 27-01-2007, 13:26

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Originally Posted by Glen

The A453 is from Birmingham to Nottingham. If you mean the A420, it isn't a trunk route.
You mean the M3, surely?
Now you've totally lost me.

The A509 is from Milton Keynes to Kettering going near, but not to, Rushden. To go from Rushden to Peterborough you would use the A45 to Thrapston and the A605 (which also isn't trunk).

Couldn't have been more wrong, could he/she?

Ads · 27-01-2007, 14:26

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Originally Posted by ForestChav

Couldn't have been more wrong, could he/she?

Yep

That will teach me to try and remember the road numbers out of my memory

x10

Anyway, those roads still ought to be made duel!

27-01-2007, 15:13

The A1 needs duelling the most!

ForestChav · 27-01-2007, 15:34

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Originally Posted by RH Freeview

The A1 needs duelling the most!

I think it would be quite good to duel the A1 against something like the A38... maybe the A303? Duelling roads is quite cool considering they don't move

Seriously... Who really uses the A1 between Morpeth and Haddington apart from local traffic and traffic from the NE to Edinburgh? The signposted route from England to Edinburgh is up the A74M and then the A702.

27-01-2007, 16:00

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Originally Posted by ForestChav

I think it would be quite good to duel the A1 against something like the A38... maybe the A303? Duelling roads is quite cool considering they don't move

Seriously... Who really uses the A1 between Morpeth and Haddington apart from local traffic and traffic from the NE to Edinburgh? The signposted route from England to Edinburgh is up the A74M and then the A702.

Whoops.

Dualling.

The A167 needs dualling as well between Newton Aycliffe and Durham.

26-01-2007, 23:42	#1
RH Freeview Posts: n/a	Highways Agency - Improvements? Ways in which you think the HA can improve the UK's roads?

26-01-2007, 23:52	#2
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26-01-2007, 23:54	#3
RH Freeview Posts: n/a	My suggestion: Dual the A1 near the Scottish Border.

26-01-2007, 23:55	#4
RH Freeview Posts: n/a	Oh, forgot. Dual the A66 now!

27-01-2007, 00:00	#6
rufnek2k6 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tardis, Kormacetocyplos Services: Freeview, UniNet 20Meg Posts: 2,912	Actually have proper diversions when doing roadworks. Coming back from Aston the other day, we had to follow a diversion route which involved going down an unlit country lane for 10 minutes, only to find that too was blocked off at the end.

27-01-2007, 00:15	#11
2+2=5 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Far from the maddening crowds Posts: 6,633	4 or 5 lanes on the M4 approach to London....it's total idiocy that one of the main arterial routes into London covering most of Western England gets shrunk to 2 lanes plus a bus lane. It's almost always got tailbacks.

27-01-2007, 00:40	#13
2+2=5 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Far from the maddening crowds Posts: 6,633	Imagine free-flowing traffic from the M4 all the way upto the M1 and beyond......shame they didn't go through with the plan all the way.

27-01-2007, 11:20	#16
krob2 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: South Derbyshire Services: Sky Family Pack,Kerrang,DAB Posts: 756	The one thing they should be doing is looking to take away roundabouts on main A roads. Around here there are numerous examples of roundabouts that cause congestion. If they took them out things would be much better Examples are the A50 - 4 roundabouts between Meir and the M1 - all these do is cause congestion. Then theres the A38 through Derby and the horrors that are J24 and J28 of the M1!

27-01-2007, 12:03	#17
Ads Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Pimlico, central London, UK Posts: 4,966	Quite a few busy A roads could do with duelling - examples include the A453 between Oxford and Swindon (as mentioned by an earlier poster), and the entire A303 between Exeter and the M23 - although to be fair I think the A303 is already in the pipline. Also the A509 between Rushden and Peterborough could do with an extra lane.

27-01-2007, 15:13	#23
RH Freeview Posts: n/a	The A1 needs duelling the most!