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From: Brimstone on 24 Mar 2010 09:25 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8584505.stm 1320 Acknowledging the toll the recent bad weather has taken on roads - and the explosion in the number of potholes - there will �100m for local road repairs and �285m for motorway improvements and expansion projects, such as allowing hard-shoulder running in busy times.
From: McKevvy on 24 Mar 2010 10:21 On 24 Mar, 13:25, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8584505.stm > > 1320 Acknowledging the toll the recent bad weather has taken on roads - and > the explosion in the number of potholes - there will £100m for local road > repairs and £285m for motorway improvements and expansion projects, such as > allowing hard-shoulder running in busy times. Yup. Scotlands were the worst in Europe before the winter. Theyre nothing much better than cattle tracks now. Hard-shoulder running....I'm still wary of this. The hard shoulder is there for a reason - and it wasnt as an extra driving lane. McK.
From: Conor on 24 Mar 2010 10:43 On 24/03/2010 14:21, McKevvy wrote: > Hard-shoulder running....I'm still wary of this. The hard shoulder is > there for a reason - and it wasnt as an extra driving lane. > There have been no problems with the three or so years the M42 scheme has been running. -- Conor I'm not prejudiced. I hate everyone equally.
From: Zimmy on 24 Mar 2010 12:52 "Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message news:80umo9FjkhU1(a)mid.individual.net... > On 24/03/2010 14:21, McKevvy wrote: > >> Hard-shoulder running....I'm still wary of this. The hard shoulder is >> there for a reason - and it wasnt as an extra driving lane. >> > > There have been no problems with the three or so years the M42 scheme has > been running. So no-one broke down and blocked the lane in 3 years? Z
From: Ian Jackson on 24 Mar 2010 13:08
In message <hodg14$ekb$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Zimmy <z(a)y.x> writes > >"Conor" <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote in message >news:80umo9FjkhU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> On 24/03/2010 14:21, McKevvy wrote: >> >>> Hard-shoulder running....I'm still wary of this. The hard shoulder is >>> there for a reason - and it wasnt as an extra driving lane. >>> >> >> There have been no problems with the three or so years the M42 scheme >>has been running. > >So no-one broke down and blocked the lane in 3 years? > Essentially, when the 'normal' lanes are congested (and, IIRC, when a speed limit of 40mph has had to be imposed), the opening of the hard shoulder for traffic works well. OK, when there's a breakdown, the hard shoulder for that small section of motorway (between gantry signs) has to be closed. Inconvenient, but not a disaster. -- Ian |