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Still says 40mph
Sent to National Highways less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 6929206.
It’s been a year now, what’s wrong with it? As a tax payer who contributed to this tunnel, I would like to know the real reason. There is no way it takes a year to fix signal issues! So there has to be something else. Why has it not been sorted yet? Who’s responsible for this shambolic delay
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Thank you for submitting this report.
I appreciate the impact this may have on your journey, and I apologise for any disturbance caused, it’s never our intention to inconvenience road users on our network unnecessarily. Unfortunately, we were unable to lift the speed restriction by mid-August 2024 as we had originally planned, due to an ongoing intermittent fault with the traffic lights at the tunnel. To ensure everyone’s safety we have had to keep the speed restriction in place, please be assured we are working hard to find a resolution to the issue. The fault only relates to the traffic lights on the northbound carriageway, and with the southbound carriageway being unaffected, we did not need to reduce the speed limit in that direction. The speed limit restriction should add less than a minute of delay to journeys through the tunnel. However, I acknowledge that this is undesirable and comes with the potential for additional congestion delays, as soon as we can safely return to the national speed limit we will do so.
The works on the northbound traffic signal controller at Hindhead Tunnel were successfully completed in the early hours of 17 December 2024. This marks a significant milestone in the project. We’ve been working as quickly as possible with experts in traffic signals throughout our supply chain to resolve this issue. However, as with all technology-based schemes, we’re now entering a period of operational monitoring. This phase will last for a minimum of 14 days, during which time the traffic signals will be carefully monitored to ensure that a fault-free period of at least 14 days is achieved. Should any faults occur during this period, the fault-free counter will be reset to zero, and monitoring will continue until the required period is met. Once the fault-free period has been successfully completed, a decision will be made regarding the potential lifting of current mitigations, including the 40mph speed limit. If all criteria are met, the tunnel will be returned to normal operations, and the speed limit will be raised to the national speed limit. Thank you for your patience and understanding while this speed limit has been in place.
Kind regard National Highways
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