The fuck is responsible for maintaining motorways

Bolton bound junction of 60/61/666 is an absolute disgrace

I swear im going to lose a tyre if not a wheel

Neil Hart 

4 minutes ago, Casino said:

The fuck is responsible for maintaining motorways

Bolton bound junction of 60/61/666 is an absolute disgrace

I swear im going to lose a tyre if not a wheel

Must be Labour.

 

Nationalhighways.co.uk

Drop them a line.

@Frank Spencer& @fatolive

1 minute ago, gonzo said:

@Frank Spencer& @fatolive

Jesus, no wonder they're fucked. 😉

The motorways are full of potholes, use to be the best in Europe.

The renewals budget was cut to pay for Smart/Managed motorways.

4 minutes ago, TrickyTrotter said:

The motorways are full of potholes, use to be the best in Europe.

The renewals budget was cut to pay for Smart/Managed motorways.

And what a resounding success they have been.

I spend a lot of time on motorways and can tell you with absolute certainty that the most dangerous, shitty, badly managed and ludicrous area in the country is NW Manchester.

nowhere comes close for sheer dogshit.

And I drive around Birmingham a lot.

2 minutes ago, Spider said:

I spend a lot of time on motorways and can tell you with absolute certainty that the most dangerous, shitty, badly managed and ludicrous area in the country is NW Manchester.

nowhere comes close for sheer dogshit.

And I drive around Birmingham a lot.

If that M61/M60 cross over malarkey was offered up for planning now it would get thrown in the bin quicker than you could shout shit.

Absolute pandemonium.

Just now, gonzo said:

If that M61/M60 cross over malarkey was offered up for planning now it would get thrown in the bin quicker than you could shout shit.

Absolute pandemonium.

The whole M61/A666/M60/A580/M602/M6 section is utter dogwank. In fact, add M66/Simister to that.

As one of the most densely populated areas in the country, it's no wonder our motorways get worn out, and we then have the problem of less land being available for expansion.

Seems as if they are on permanent road works.

8 minutes ago, gonzo said:

If that M61/M60 cross over malarkey was offered up for planning now it would get thrown in the bin quicker than you could shout shit.

Absolute pandemonium.

Its currently holed to buggery, you cant miss em as you cross from 60 to 666 and at 80mph its a pile up waiting to happen

3 minutes ago, Casino said:

Its currently holed to buggery, you cant miss em as you cross from 60 to 666 and at 80mph its a pile up waiting to happen

Can’t remember the last time I was able to get above 40mph around there.

Thats maybe the only reason I’m not a lumpy paste spread across the carriageway by now

Did you know Greater Manchester is the county which has the most motorway miles in the country. It also has the country’s only fully-orbital motorway.

3 hours ago, gonzo said:

@Frank Spencer& @fatolive

Not me, I just do work for the highways agency amongst others when they want it 

that cross over is terrible , someone going to lose a tyre there if they hit that right . 
 

there are inspection works tonight in that area but they are on the southbound side , probably as they don’t need to inspect the other side as they know it’s fucked. 
 

Report it on this https://report.nationalhighways.co.uk

 

2 hours ago, Spider said:

I spend a lot of time on motorways and can tell you with absolute certainty that the most dangerous, shitty, badly managed and ludicrous area in the country is NW Manchester.

nowhere comes close for sheer dogshit.

And I drive around Birmingham a lot.

Nope, it's a shambles round our way south east london looks like hamburger hill at the moment.

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

If that M61/M60 cross over malarkey was offered up for planning now it would get thrown in the bin quicker than you could shout shit.

Absolute pandemonium.

I give you the Aston Expressway in Brum, the Central Motorway in the Toon and the inner ring road in Leeds. All designed and built in the 70’s. By hippies obviously. Smoking summat. Thinking that cars travelled no faster than horses. Any road in a city that has (M) after it. They all make that section look easy and quick 

35 minutes ago, MickyD said:

 It also has the country’s only fully-orbital motorway.

Does it go both clockwise and anti clockwise though? 

1 minute ago, stevieb said:

Does it go both clockwise and anti clockwise though? 

Don’t be so fucking ridiculous! It goes…

 

 

 

actually yes, it goes clockwise and anti-clockwise.

1 minute ago, MancWanderer said:

I give you the Aston Expressway in Brum, the Central Motorway in the Toon and the inner ring road in Leeds. All designed and built in the 70’s. By hippies obviously. Smoking summat. Thinking that cars travelled no faster than horses. Any road in a city that has (M) after it. They all make that section look easy and quick 

I think Aston works better than m61/m60 to the m62 turn off 

The Aston middle lane switching in or out of the city centre depending on the time of day helps...its fucking mental though if you aren't used to it. 

Birmingham is a pain to get out of anytime after 3pm. 

Getting onto the m60 without some standing traffic is only possible at 03.47 on the 3rd Sunday of the month. 

5 minutes ago, stevieb said:

I think Aston works better than m61/m60 to the m62 turn off 

The Aston middle lane switching in or out of the city centre depending on the time of day helps...its fucking mental though if you aren't used to it. 

Birmingham is a pain to get out of anytime after 3pm. 

Getting onto the m60 without some standing traffic is only possible at 03.47 on the 3rd Sunday of the month. 

Aye. 61/60 is a bottleneck. Aston, Newcastle, Leeds and the flyover in Manc are more about short distances between on and off slip roads

Even better is Glasgow where at one point the off slip road is the outside lane ffs

London white will be on soon telling us to sacrifice our cars and ride hemp powered scooters for the good of the planet. 

He's (they've?) probably got a point when we discuss how fucked our road network is! 

I call potholes concrete meadows of the soul.