To get into Manchester today

 

 

No communication until you get down the slip road

 

Uncaring cunts

Signs gone up on approach to M60 this week on my usual commute. Motorway improvement work until Summer 17!!

 

Changing to smart motorway between junctions 8 & 20.

 

 

I recently asked the Head of Policy in Manchester whether it was a good idea to be doing all of this work at once. She said that it was best to do them all at once, get them out of the way.

 

This area will be at a standstill for the next couple of years and hoping for a brand new bright tomorrow.

 

 

My concern is that the wrong types are making the decisions. I'm happy to be proved wrong.

Edited July 11, 201411 yr by boltondiver

It's works well on the M6 / M42 round Birmingham, and M62 / M621 near Bradford / dirty Leeeeds

A genuine question, in what way? I still fail to see why slowing traffic down eases congestion. Its just the same traffic going slower

Brilliant, at the same time as the Lancs and central Manc are being dug up.

 

Fucking 18 months to fix Water Street bridge!

Brilliant, at the same time as the Lancs and central Manc are being dug up.

 

Fucking 18 months to fix Water Street bridge!

 

 

You omitted that they are also electrifying the train line at the same time, with one train/hour from Lostock to Mcr starting from next Friday

 

 

Either a big sucess or epic failure

Brilliant, at the same time as the Lancs and central Manc are being dug up.

 

Fucking 18 months to fix Water Street bridge!

There's also water main diversion work going on in that same closure as well as train line work. That road probably won't open again in any case to be honest

Really? FFS! Cunts.

Edited July 11, 201411 yr by Carlos

A genuine question, in what way? I still fail to see why slowing traffic down eases congestion. Its just the same traffic going slower

 

My wristwatch tells me

 

Maintaining an average speed istead of stopping, waiting for the traffic to start moving again, with the small responsive delay  each time, and having the hard shoulder avaialble as an extra lane at peak times increasing capacity by a third.

Really? FFS! Cunts.

That's what we are told , the sewer work is coming to an end, then network rail take over but in all probability the closure will be applied to be made permanent once all work are complete.

So, these jetpacks in my shed might be worth a few quid.

Getting to the point where parking in Salford and spacehoppering it in is viable.

Getting to the point where parking in Salford and spacehoppering it in is viable.

 

 

I wondered what the 250 parking spaces at M60/M61 were for!

My wristwatch tells me

 

Maintaining an average speed istead of stopping, waiting for the traffic to start moving again, with the small responsive delay each time, and having the hard shoulder avaialble as an extra lane at peak times increasing capacity by a third.

Haha. The times I have been on (without proof) just feel like its stop, start but being told to go slower or get snapped. On a trip to London a few week back had it in brum and M25 and took nearly 7 hours.

Edited July 11, 201411 yr by tomski

So, these jetpacks in my shed might be worth a few quid.

Nah as we all get Hoverboards in 2015....  Well according to back to the future II we will

Signs gone up on approach to M60 this week on my usual commute. Motorway improvement work until Summer 17!!

 

Changing to smart motorway between junctions 8 & 20.

 

Carrington to Heywood, that's a long stretch to crawl.

Since the smart motorway was installed near leeds my journey to J26 is now about half the time it tskes to get to warrington and its 10 miles further Much better trsffic flow

As white van man and repmobile guy cant do over 40 they get over in plenty of time rather than leaving it till the last minute causing a Mexican break behind them.

 

Or my personal favourite stopping in the 3rd lane of the m60 as theyve tried cutting out the queue for the m62/m602.

6 weeks of rolling effortlessly into Manc.

 

I'll be back in September slagging off the breeders we've reappeared en mass to fuck up the roads.

Bitter jaffa

Aye, gutted I can go on holidays whenever I want.

6 weeks of rolling effortlessly into Manc.

 

I'll be back in September slagging off the breeders we've reappeared en mass to fuck up the roads.

 

 

Like a holiday for us!

A genuine question, in what way? I still fail to see why slowing traffic down eases congestion. Its just the same traffic going slower

It does work to be fair, the slower the traffic goes the less stopping distance between cars and the more vehicles on the road. Much rather cruise at 40moh than stop start

 

They need it on the M6 from Stoke to the M62

It does work to be fair, the slower the traffic goes the less stopping distance between cars and the more vehicles on the road. Much rather cruise at 40moh than stop start

 

They need it on the M6 from Stoke to the M62

I'd rather go office or home based. Utter shit the motorways.

 

Edit. Fuck office based, just home based.

Edited July 21, 201411 yr by tomski

Home based is the best

 

I would never go back

 

But then again I have to schlep to london every other week. Took me 5 hours to get back last week

Home based is the best

 

I would never go back

 

But then again I have to schlep to london every other week. Took me 5 hours to get back last week

I need to get on that mate. Don't mind mooching down to London either.

Home based is the best

 

I would never go back

 

But then again I have to schlep to london every other week. Took me 5 hours to get back last week

My mate who works from home,gets up and gets ready for work as normal. Gets in his car and drives to costa coffee for a latte and a bagel and comes back home and goes straight in his office as if he was actually at work. Helps keep him motivated.