New road layout A1 at Welwyn...again!

[Grandad Gaz]

Well, they have changed lane markings on the A1 northbound at Welwyn, again!

They must have done this in the last couple of days, as it wasn't like that on Wednesday afternoon.

That's going to catch a lot of people out during the evening rush hour.

Sometimes I wonder if the Highways department do these things on purpose, just to catch you out.

[Evo9lution]

So is the left lane now merging back into the middle lane again as it originally used to be?

[Grandad Gaz]

Evo9lution said:

So is the left lane now merging back into the middle lane again as it originally used to be?

No, the left hand lane is for the Welwyn exit only!

[Evo9lution]

Grandad Gaz said:

Evo9lution said:

So is the left lane now merging back into the middle lane again as it originally used to be?

No, the left hand lane is for the Welwyn exit only!

So what's happening beyond the exit itself on the A1(M)? It used to be that the left lane merged into the middle lane but was changed a couple of years ago so that the right lane merges into the middle lane ... Or is this staying the same and the changes are just at or prior to the exit?

[FairfieldSteve]

Three lanes coming up to to junction, then lane 1 drops off to the exit leaving lanes 2 and 3 to continue on. No more merging on the hill.

http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/road-projects/a1m...

[Steve Barrett]

Always wondered why they hadn't done it sooner...

[C.A.R.]

Caught us out on Saturday. Mrs C.A.R. was driving, I looked up and we were taking the exit already.

It was obviously my fault because I didn't tell her not to do it?!!

Us blokes get blamed for being too bossy and in the next breath get blamed for not going the right way...when we're not even driving. Can't. Win.

[Chris Type R]

Steve Barrett said:

Always wondered why they hadn't done it sooner...

Maybe they were optimistic about widening this up the hill & beyond Stevenage to be 3 lanes. Chance would be a fine thing etc

[shim]

drove it last night, cant believe they have finished coz past the junction the left lane becomes the right lane so effectively the fast lane ends and the slow lane begins....madness

surely the two lanes end up just shifting to the left so you don't have to change lanes

[SkippyP]

Are they not in danger of just shifting the bottle neck a bit further south? Suppose we wil discover that when it gets finished!

[Don1]

Personally I'm happy with it - as I get off at that junction! (Shame my commute using it has now just finished....)

[E36GUY]

Does it work in rush hour more importantly?

[Tango13]

They've certainly fked up the northbound on ramp at the clock roundabout

[C.A.R.]

Seems to work. Been through there twice now between 5:30 and 6 pm

Because that section is so wide you do see the occasional joker trying to push past where the slip road joins at the foot of the hill. I'm not quite sure of their logic, it's not like the traffic ahead has anywhere to go.

[Celtic Dragon]

Tango13 said:

They've certainly fked up the northbound on ramp at the clock roundabout

Isn't that the truth! Wait until the kids go back on Tuesday and I think we'll see Welwyn gridlocked, especially if they switch the lights on at the top of the ramp.

Was discussing this with a couple of colleagues on Friday and we recon it will add 20 - 30 mins to getting home, and the traffic will now back up to Shire Park. If their aim was to restrict trafic getting out of Welwyn, they have certainly suceeded.