John Marwood
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Agreed.... Traveling home from work each night I stick in the inside lane and it's as clear as a whistle....Judging by this morning it will be perfectly safe to stop in the hard shoulder lane and also in the old inside lane too. Everybody just sits in the 2 outside lanes completely oblivious to the possibility that they could move.
I guess that when they actually switch on the overhead control systems between 13 and 10 then there will only be four lanes available when they allow it. Just like between 10 and 4.
I've used the motorway three times since the cones were removed and haven't used the 'hard shoulder' lane.
Correct, but you can't expect the average idiot motorist to think for him/herself. That's what the middle lanes are for, to accommodate the unthinking majority.Doesn't the M6 from 10a south have a solid white to distinguish a hard shoulder is in existence and from m6 toll junction north it's a intermittent white line to distinguish a normal lane?
Paid a flying visit to my brothers in Bolton this morning. It looks like roadworks are well under way now with thirteen miles of cones and reduced ( 50 mph ) limit in place from around J20 southbound. So much for keeping roadwork lengths down to a minimum.
Details of scheduled roadworks Junctions 16-19: Smart Motorway
Roadworks will be needed throughout the construction period to enable the workforce to complete the scheme safely. There will be narrow lanes and reduced speed restrictions of 50mph (in some places 40mph) in place.
Road Works
Date - Duration- Details- Allow an Extra
Thursday 14 April 10pm – 6am M6 northbound Junctions 16 to 17 – lane closures.
Junctions 18 to 19 – lane closures - 45 mins Thursday 14 April 10pm – 6am M6 southbound Junctions 17 to 16 – lane closures 45 mins
Friday 15 April 10pm – 6am M6 northbound Junctions 17 to 19 – lane closures 45 mins
Friday 15 April 10pm – 6am M6 southbound Junctions 18 to 17 – lane closures 45 mins
Saturday 16 April 10pm – 6am M6 southbound Junctions 19 to 18 – full closure of carriageway 45 mins
Sunday 17 April 10pm – 6am M6 southbound Junctions 19 to 18 – full closure of carriageway 45 mins
Monday 18 April 10pm – 6am M6 northbound Junctions 17 to 19 – lane closures 45 mins
Monday 18 April 10pm – 6am M6 southbound Junctions 18 to 17 – lane closures 45 mins
Tuesday 19 April 10pm – 6am M6 northbound Junctions 16 to 17 – lane closures, Junctions 18 to 19 – lane closures - - 45 mins
Tuesday 19 April 10pm – 6am M6 southbound Junctions 17 to 16 – lane closures 45 mins
Wednesday 20 April 10pm – 6am M6 northbound Junctions 18 to 19 – lane closures 45 mins
Thursday 21 April 10pm – 6am M6 northbound Junctions 16 to 17 – lane closures, Junctions 18 to 19 – lane closures - - 45 mins
Friday 22 April 10pm – 6am M6 northbound Junctions 17 to 19 – lane closures 45 mins
Friday 22 April 10pm – 6am M6 southbound Junctions 19 to 17 – lane closures 45 mins
Saturday 23 April 10pm – 6am M6 southbound Junctions 19 to 18 – full closure of carriageway 45 mins
Sunday 24 April 10pm – 6am M6 southbound Junctions 19 to 18 – full closure of carriageway 45 mins
Saturday 30 April 10pm – 6am M6 northbound Junctions 18 to 19 – full closure of carriageway 45 mins
Sunday 1 May 10pm – 6am M6 northbound Junctions 18 to 19 – full closure of carriageway 45 mins
http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/m6-junctions-16-19-smart-motorway/
If it is, I'd get off at 17 and go up the A50 through Holmes Chapel and Knutsford, then you'll pop out on the road between 19 and the M56.Hoping those full closures have ended when we go to the airport .( When I looked the other week, some of the alternate routes up there also had roadwork signs on the map ) Pain in the arse last year when our usual route Jct 19 to the M56 was closed overight due to roadworks
Thanks I'll check that out.If it is, I'd get off at 17 and go up the A50 through Holmes Chapel and Knutsford, then you'll pop out on the road between 19 and the M56.