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Vegetation obscuring forward visibility
Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 6791406.
The M54 eastbound merge link to M6 has significantly reduced forward visibility due to vegetation on the offside verge. This issue exists for the full length of the curve that crosses the M6 & under Hobnock Road. When travelling in lane 2 I have estimated the forward visibility as low as 100m due to vegetation growing up to the VRS. For a 120kph design speed the link should achieve a minimum of 215m forward visibility. When looking at older satellite images and the set back of the Hobnock Road bridge abutment, it appears that the link was designed with 215m forward visibility. When travelling along this link recently i came across queuing traffic and all vehicles had to break extremely hard to avoid a collision. This lack of maintenance is a serious safety issue and is clearly an ongoing issue over many years!
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Thank you for making your report. We have asked our inspection team to attend this location and assess the issue.
If any work is needed, they will arrange for this to happen. Should no immediate work be required we will continue to monitor this during our regular inspections.
Although we always aim to complete repairs as quickly as possible, timescales do vary as we try to minimise disruption to customers by combining activities into single closures and always ensuring the safety of our people.
Kind regards National Highways
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