M3 Nightmare Continues!
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Had a special treat tonight though!
I was on the A3 Southbound and the gantries said the M3 J2 to J4a was closed - but that should have been OK as I stayed on the A3 aiming for the A31!
Got past Guildford on the A3, but the slip-road to the A31 was closed? WTF are the "authorities" (AKA W*nkers) doing, given that the M3 Southbound was already shut?
Oh well, headed to the Godalming/Puttenham junction to join the A31 there - only to find that was also closed! Planning, what is that?
An alien concept in this part of the world obviously!
Luckily I know the area pretty well so I went through Wanborough and Ash to get onto the A331 which was actually open!!
Haha, the meddlers missed that one! I hope one of the road planning people actually gets to drive a car without an instructor one day - just to take part in the misery they inflict on the rest of us on a daily basis - F*cking clueless Tw*ts!
I was on the A3 Southbound and the gantries said the M3 J2 to J4a was closed - but that should have been OK as I stayed on the A3 aiming for the A31!
Got past Guildford on the A3, but the slip-road to the A31 was closed? WTF are the "authorities" (AKA W*nkers) doing, given that the M3 Southbound was already shut?
Oh well, headed to the Godalming/Puttenham junction to join the A31 there - only to find that was also closed! Planning, what is that?
An alien concept in this part of the world obviously!Luckily I know the area pretty well so I went through Wanborough and Ash to get onto the A331 which was actually open!!
Haha, the meddlers missed that one! I hope one of the road planning people actually gets to drive a car without an instructor one day - just to take part in the misery they inflict on the rest of us on a daily basis - F*cking clueless Tw*ts!
Mr Tidy said:
Had a special treat tonight though!
I was on the A3 Southbound and the gantries said the M3 J2 to J4a was closed - but that should have been OK as I stayed on the A3 aiming for the A31!
Got past Guildford on the A3, but the slip-road to the A31 was closed? WTF are the "authorities" (AKA W*nkers) doing, given that the M3 Southbound was already shut?
Oh well, headed to the Godalming/Puttenham junction to join the A31 there - only to find that was also closed! Planning, what is that? An alien concept in this part of the world obviously!
Luckily I know the area pretty well so I went through Wanborough and Ash to get onto the A331 which was actually open!!
Haha, the meddlers missed that one! I hope one of the road planning people actually gets to drive a car without an instructor one day - just to take part in the misery they inflict on the rest of us on a daily basis - F*cking clueless Tw*ts!
Not that long ago, when the M3 overnight closure was on, they also decided to resurface the road by the "mongolian" or "American Golf" roundabout on the A30, it caused absolute chaos that night, as that was the diversion route. The Highways lot didn't seem to care when we raised it with them.I was on the A3 Southbound and the gantries said the M3 J2 to J4a was closed - but that should have been OK as I stayed on the A3 aiming for the A31!
Got past Guildford on the A3, but the slip-road to the A31 was closed? WTF are the "authorities" (AKA W*nkers) doing, given that the M3 Southbound was already shut?
Oh well, headed to the Godalming/Puttenham junction to join the A31 there - only to find that was also closed! Planning, what is that?
An alien concept in this part of the world obviously!Luckily I know the area pretty well so I went through Wanborough and Ash to get onto the A331 which was actually open!!
Haha, the meddlers missed that one! I hope one of the road planning people actually gets to drive a car without an instructor one day - just to take part in the misery they inflict on the rest of us on a daily basis - F*cking clueless Tw*ts!
I can't wait for the chaos that is going to start when the meadows gets its make over, think I might move away for a year
FurryExocet said:
Not that long ago, when the M3 overnight closure was on, they also decided to resurface the road by the "mongolian" or "American Golf" roundabout on the A30, it caused absolute chaos that night, as that was the diversion route. The Highways lot didn't seem to care when we raised it with them.
I can't wait for the chaos that is going to start when the meadows gets its make over, think I might move away for a year
Thanks, that will indeed be a special treat!I can't wait for the chaos that is going to start when the meadows gets its make over, think I might move away for a year
I think I will just stay at home - and it will never be done in a year!
Based on the M3 experience (and the Broadmoor roundabout on the A3095) I'd reckon on the best part of a decade (assuming a tail-wind)!
FurryExocet said:
Not that long ago, when the M3 overnight closure was on, they also decided to resurface the road by the "mongolian" or "American Golf" roundabout on the A30, it caused absolute chaos that night, as that was the diversion route. The Highways lot didn't seem to care when we raised it with them.
I can't wait for the chaos that is going to start when the meadows gets its make over, think I might move away for a year
You can tell a person's age by how they refer to that junction. I call it "The Jolly Farmer" roundabout.I can't wait for the chaos that is going to start when the meadows gets its make over, think I might move away for a year
Trevatanus said:
what will the speed limit be during normal running, ie : no incidents will it still be 50, or will it be back up to 70?
Smart motorways shouldn't operate at restricted speeds during normal running.There was some discussion a while back that some sections of smart m'way, including the M3, would have a 60 limit, but I understand that idea was shelved.
FurtiveFreddy said:
Smart motorways shouldn't operate at restricted speeds during normal running.
There was some discussion a while back that some sections of smart m'way, including the M3, would have a 60 limit, but I understand that idea was shelved.
They said that about the M42 and the M1 .....There was some discussion a while back that some sections of smart m'way, including the M3, would have a 60 limit, but I understand that idea was shelved.
Eric Mc said:
You can tell a person's age by how they refer to that junction. I call it "The Jolly Farmer" roundabout.
Yes, Jolly Farmer roundabout for me too! (But then I'm old)! I always smile when I go through Bagshot on the A30 - what was Pantiles is now a Sunrise care home! Time gets all of us in the end!
Landshark said:
It will be back at 70mph. However, when it reopens, a 60 limit will be applied whilst the final tweaks are completed.
I hope you are right, but I really doubt it! I go from the M3 to the M25 at least once a week and in the last 6 years the one and only time the M25 had the NSL in force was when the gantries had broken down!
I don't ever expect the M3 between J2 and J4a to have a 70 limit - unless those gantries break as well! (But I would love to be proven wrong)!
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