sweetsheri Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Decided to head back to the North West over the snake last tue..big mistake.. Got stuck behind about 4 trucks... Got on m60 and entry onto m61 was closed so decided to do m62 then m6 north.. Entry from M62 to M6 north closed at Haydock.. Carried on to a50 warrington to pick up m6 north and entry onto m6 north from a50 closed... Followed detour for 30 minutes finally got on m6 north.. got home an hour later than should have at 12.30...Proper angry.. some reyt pointing going on in the car at the closure signs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 2 hours ago, parkerowl said: you ex forces ? Indeed. Joined as a boy soldier in 1980 left in 89. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincs Owl Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Go on Google Type LIVE TRAFFIC MAP UK Zoom in to bit you need. Roads are green yellow or red according to traffic. Sorted. Takes 10 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincs Owl Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Its updated every few minutes... or seconds. No problems on Sheff area motorways so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ron's Sovereign Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, ANDY said: Indeed. Joined as a boy soldier in 1980 left in 89. Luckily you got out in time before it all kicked off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkerowl Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 21 minutes ago, ANDY said: Indeed. Joined as a boy soldier in 1980 left in 89. Ahh fair play, respect. what regiment were you part of ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1948 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 16 hours ago, dumboldowl said: Thank you all for your help. The diversion signs were truly horrendous. I'm not sure whether I misread them or not, but I ended up leaving the M1(S) at J32 and travelling to M18 J1 in order to return to the M1. Did anyone else have the same problem, or am I a navigational failure? Had the same trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultan_Pepper Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Lincs Owl said: Its updated every few minutes... or seconds. No problems on Sheff area motorways so far. That's because the lane closures are at 10pm every week night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1banana2banana Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) The issue with these roadworks is lack of competition for the jobs. If they had to bid for the work and timescale was put in as a major factor, the m1 work would have been done in no time. And I don't care how much work is involved, anyone who's been to Germany or the states will know that they can build a whole new motorway in 6 months. We just accept it Edited February 21, 2017 by 1banana2banana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 3 hours ago, Big Ron's Sovereign said: Luckily you got out in time before it all kicked off Depends how how you look at it. I only joined for the chance to shoot people. 2 hours ago, parkerowl said: Ahh fair play, respect. what regiment were you part of ? Sherwood foresters. Now Mercian regt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ron's Sovereign Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 50 minutes ago, ANDY said: Depends how how you look at it. I only joined for the chance to shoot people. Sherwood foresters. Now Mercian regt So what's in these pork pies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 1 hour ago, 1banana2banana said: The issue with these roadworks is lack of competition for the jobs. If they had to bid for the work and timescale was put in as a major factor, the m1 work would have been done in no time. And I don't care how much work is involved, anyone who's been to Germany or the states will know that they can build a whole new motorway in 6 months. We just accept it Plenty of competition for the jobs. Costain won the contract for this one... http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/costain-wins-125m-m1-upgrade-work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkerowl Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 1 hour ago, ANDY said: Depends how how you look at it. I only joined for the chance to shoot people. Sherwood foresters. Now Mercian regt Ahhh interesting. I'm sure they are my local regiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 6 minutes ago, parkerowl said: Ahhh interesting. I'm sure they are my local regiment. Notts and Derbys mainly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
since59owe Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 21 hours ago, Owl 44 said: Tell me about it. I was stuck on Meadowhall roundabout for over half an hour. Didn't get home to Doncaster from match until 11.15 pm. The week before on the Friday after the Birmingham game it was shut on the North bound side. Sorry to hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mkowl Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Still saying scheduled to be closed at Junction 34 from 21.30 - but its not officially happening until it happens which is right useful. I would avoid if you can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 The traffic management company won't close it until the head of works says they're ready to start. Bear in mind that for every hour they go over the scheduled re opening time the works co get fined £10k they need to make sure they're ready to roll. I'm afraid they don't give a throw about wether there's a match on or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlLuke Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Went down the A61 to Chesterfield then A617 to M1 South tonight for the first time, instead of doing the Parkway to the M1. Got home 20 minutes quicker! One slight positive from tonight... Way less time spent in traffic, and 5 miles less according to Google. Would have been even more time saved if part of the A61 wasn't closed off due to an accident, had to divert through Chesterfield town. Hope everyone got back okay. Downside to the route is passing through Bramall Lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mkowl Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Just got back took ages to get out from Claywheels Lane but then thru town to A57 no probs. Blooming nasty looking smash northbound at Watford Gap though - traffic that bad fire engines were struggling to get to the incident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Toni Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Junction 25 of the M1 for me, getting to the games are much easier than getting home. Three lanes closes last night on way home and not much work going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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