What a surprise! M3 upgrades to over-run!

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An absolute f***ing joke.
We have had to put up with this st which was (according to the last sign I read) due to finish December 2016, now it's summer 2017.

http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/news/local-news/m3-s...

[Trevatanus]

I think the thing that annoys me more than anything about this extension is the "spin" that's being put on it.
Are they really trying to have us believe that halfway through a project, which had presumably been planned by "planning professionals" that someone suddenly said, "hang on lads, I've got a great idea!"
Of course not, the project is running behind time, and they came up with this to make us feel that they are doing is a massive favour.

[Trevatanus]

krisdelta said:

Wonderful news.. it can make or break a journey so much that I now avoid it at all costs (and I live 2 miles from junction 4a) and go cross country to the M25 at Chertsey.

You fell into the trap.
About 5 years ago there was a high level DOT meeting:

"Lads, how can we sort out the traffic issues on the M3"
"Let's spend £134 million pounds pretending to improve it, but drag out the job so long people start to avoid it like the plague, and get used to using other routes, thereby making it less busy when we eventually finish"
"Good idea! That's settled then. Is it lunch time yet?"