M4 12-13 shut this weekend

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F355GTS

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3,721 posts

254 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/home/21026/m4-c...

from 9pm Friday to 6am Monday morning

LemonParty

590 posts

235 months

Wednesday 29th March 2017
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Please can the title be changed to M4 12-13 shut?

F355GTS

Original Poster:

3,721 posts

254 months

Thursday 30th March 2017
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LemonParty said:
Please can the title be changed to M4 12-13 shut?
Sorry about that, I have requested the change


twing

4,996 posts

130 months

Saturday 1st April 2017
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And the A4 is rammed towards Newbury

xjay1337

15,966 posts

117 months

Saturday 1st April 2017
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I live in Thatcham, its a fking nightmare.

Who the fk approved this course of action.

twing

4,996 posts

130 months

Saturday 1st April 2017
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I need to get to J13 tonight, my route is Beenham - Buckberry - Hermitage - Junct 13 ... fking joke

Busa mav

2,556 posts

153 months

Monday 3rd April 2017
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There seemed to be less traffic than normal on Sunday afternoon, very quiet.

Saturday was a nightmare though.

twing

4,996 posts

130 months

Monday 3rd April 2017
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Busa mav said:
There seemed to be less traffic than normal on Sunday afternoon, very quiet.

Saturday was a nightmare though.
M4 opened earlier than planned, Sunday instead of Monday

Master Bean

3,519 posts

119 months

Tuesday 4th April 2017
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It was quiet at 4am on Sunday on the way to Belgium.

xjay1337

15,966 posts

117 months

Tuesday 4th April 2017
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Busa mav said:
There seemed to be less traffic than normal on Sunday afternoon, very quiet.

Saturday was a nightmare though.
Yes it was so strange, like a ghost town!

Puggit

48,355 posts

247 months

Tuesday 4th April 2017
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Calcot shops at J12 were definitely quieter!

I even managed to get out of the Sainsburys petrol station quickly.

rosspen

4 posts

142 months

Tuesday 4th April 2017
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This closure will be happening again unfortunately. 5th-8th of May is the next date and I don't believe that's the end of it.

xjay1337

15,966 posts

117 months

Wednesday 5th April 2017
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rosspen said:
This closure will be happening again unfortunately. 5th-8th of May is the next date and I don't believe that's the end of it.
bds!!!!!

The next few years will be awful in Newbury/Reading area with the smart motorway construction.
I'm not entirely sure it will help in the long term either but time will tell - I'll be in my 30s by the time it's finished, that is scary!

rosspen

4 posts

142 months

Wednesday 5th April 2017
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If this closure goes ahead on the 5th-8th it may cause issues for people getting to Goodwood supercar Sunday breakfast club on the 7th.

xjay1337

15,966 posts

117 months

Wednesday 5th April 2017
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A34 - > M3 as an alternate route, or you can take a272 biggrin i remember the drive to the PHSS at Goodwood, with some guys from here, that was amazing. Have a Ferrari pushing me along was quite a sight.

Justin S

3,637 posts

260 months

Wednesday 5th April 2017
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Quite surreal on Saturday. I back onto the A4 off Falmouth Way and no bikes wanging along, no chavs screaming their fiestas, no lorries squealing brakes, almost silent. As for getting anywhere, the Westfield stayed in the garage and I did brownie points day in the house. Current wife went to Reading 'shopping' , I said dont be daft. Apparently at 8:30 am it was clear, but 11 am homeward, was nearly 1 1/2 hrs of back roads.

Alex_225

6,234 posts

200 months

Thursday 13th April 2017
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This was gutting for me as I pick my daughter up from Gloucestershire every other weekend and on the weekend it's shut, it looks like a no go! Gutting.

Eric Mc

121,784 posts

264 months

Thursday 13th April 2017
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Are there not alternative routes?

lucido grigio

44,044 posts

162 months

Thursday 13th April 2017
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Eric Mc said:
Are there not alternative routes?
Depending on destination, M40 and A40 seem obvious alternatives....confused

twing

4,996 posts

130 months

Thursday 13th April 2017
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Alex_225 said:
This was gutting for me as I pick my daughter up from Gloucestershire every other weekend and on the weekend it's shut, it looks like a no go! Gutting.
It's open all of April next closures --->

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