Closed
M6 Southbound
Reported via mobile in the Roadworks (NH) category anonymously at 21:17, Sun 11 September 2022
Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 3818028.
Absolutely ridiculous doing roadworks on a weekend and closing the whole of the motorway, diversion up to Preston, A6 absolutely rammed a 50 minute journey took me 2 hours!!! This needs rethinking, open 1 lane?
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I spent nearly 5 hours getting from Junction 34 to 33 on the M6 yesterday. I was meant to be viewing a property at 11.30am and i didn't get there until 4.30pm. I wad stuck in traffic from 10.30am until nearly 3.30pm. After having travelled from the North east, this was not good. The only sign i saw that the M6 was closed was while stuck in traffic. This wad utterly ridiculous and disgusting that people have to wait. Would it not have been better to put a sign up before junction 34 on the M6 telling people this, giving them plenty of opportunity to exit and find another route. Absolutely diabolical, get your act together you bunch of muppets!!π‘π‘π‘
Posted anonymously at 21:25, Sun 11 September 2022
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I spent nearly 5 hours getting from Junction 34 to 33 on the M6 yesterday. I was meant to be viewing a property at 11.30am and i didn't get there until 4.30pm. I wad stuck in traffic from 10.30am until nearly 3.30pm. After having travelled from the North east, this was not good. The only sign i saw that the M6 was closed was while stuck in traffic. This wad utterly ridiculous and disgusting that people have to wait. Would it not have been better to put a sign up before junction 34 on the M6 telling people this, giving them plenty of opportunity to exit and find another route. Absolutely diabolical, get your act together you bunch of muppets!!π‘π‘π‘
Posted anonymously at 21:26, Sun 11 September 2022
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I spent nearly 5 hours getting from Junction 34 to 33 on the M6 yesterday. I was meant to be viewing a property at 11.30am and i didn't get there until 4.30pm. I was stuck in traffic from 10.30am until nearly 3.30pm. After having travelled from the North east, this was not good. The only sign i saw that the M6 was closed was while stuck in traffic. This wad utterly ridiculous and disgusting that people have to wait. Would it not have been better to put a sign up before junction 34 on the M6 telling people this, giving them plenty of opportunity to exit and find another route. Absolutely diabolical, get your act together you bunch of muppets!!π‘π‘π‘
Posted anonymously at 21:26, Sun 11 September 2022
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Thank you for contacting National Highways about the delays caused by our closure of the southbound carriageway of M6 motorway at junction 33 on the weekend of 10 September. We understand motorists were caught in traffic for a significant period of time and weβre sincerely sorry for this.
Weβve taken onboard recent feedback and plan to do things differently this weekend (23 β 26 September) while we confirm the rest of the programme with our contractors. We plan to work overnight between the hours of 9pm and 6am under a full southbound closure or with single lane running. During the daytime, we will establish lane closures and run two narrow lanes of traffic past the work area to keep customers moving, removing the need for the full weekend closures, which were previously planned. Once the programme has been finalised with our contractors, we will advertise full details via our website, a press release and social media.
If you would like a more detailed response on this matter, please contact our 24hr Customer Contact Centre β’ Email β info@nationalhighways.co.uk β’ Tel: 0300 123 5000
Kind regards
National Highways
State changed to: Closed
Posted by National Highways at 10:12, Thu 22 September 2022
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