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Smart motorway signage

Reported via desktop in the Sign issue (NH) category anonymously at 16:28, Mon 20 February 2023

Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 4249169.

The confluence of the M40 with the M42 creates daytime congestion. Is it not possible to use the hard shoulder to exit at Junction 4 from 3pm instead of the usual 4 to 4.30. Your cameras surely identify a congestion problem at this point and using the hard shoulder would alleviate some of the problem by taking that traffic flow out of 3 lanes running where exiting at J4. Thought that was the point of smart motorways.

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  • You need to make this 3 lanes. You have taken out lane 3 and above on the gantry the signs say 50MPH and no use of the hard shoulder, so you have got 4 lanes of traffic from M42 and M40 condensed into 2 and its causing safety issues. Open the Hard Shoulder and allow people to safely drive and use the lane for J4.

    Posted anonymously at 08:27, Fri 24 March 2023

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