Compared to some of the widening schemes on M42, M6 and M1 this is peanuts - it's only between two junctions, not a whole stretch.

RT - yes ok, it is only two junctions, but it's the 'where' not the 'what' in this case! This particular area is a traffic blackspot every morning and evening; the top of Warrington is the site of a huge science and industrial park. This knocks on to the M6 even on a regular day (Jct 22 to 21a). It needs doing but chaos certainly will reign!

Oh of course £9.5million is very little in the bigger picture but its still alot of money to spend when now councils and departments are being told to cut amounts much larger than that.

You're right Dutchie to spend that long on such a tiny piece of work is quite pathetic. Did anybody see how fast the Japanese got that highway mended after that Earthquake? And that split it in two. This should be a fortnights job at maximum. Working at night will help matters though. The A14 is having work done and an 18 mile stretch being shut for a couple of weeks in October i think, but only at night. they say its either close it for two weeks or slow people down for two months, i suppose looking at it that way its better to get the problems out of the way quickly. The 37 mile diversion has got peoples backs up mind, as the main traffic at night on that road is obviously lorries, and they havent got the time to waste with a 37 mile diversion and they'll roar straight through the villages at 3am instead.

Edited by jamie745 on 18/09/2011 at 14:32