The M3 between the M25 and the A331 including slip roads is appalling. National Highways are not meeting their legal duties of care. The slip roads are totally litters at present. The safe zones along the motorway are dirty and have not been cleared in what looks like years. If they are cleaned it a half hearted job. Please can you sort this out. I saw there were complaints in Feb of this year and it stated this was Closed. How can it be when they are totally still littered to a totally unacceptable level Please help. Its an embarassment

Updates

• Thank you for contacting National Highways about litter.

  We have passed your report to our local inspector who will review the issue as part of their next safety inspection and arrange any remedial action.

  Littering by people is, unfortunately, a behaviour that has a big impact on some parts of our roads. We aim to keep our roads as tidy and free of litter as we can. Our litter picking is carefully planned to try to minimise the impact it has on road users and the safety of our people.

  Litter picks often require lane closures, which are disruptive to traffic flow. To help reduce the frequency of this disruption, where we can, we usually combine our reactive litter picks with other maintenance work which can result in what appears to be a delayed response.

  Kind regards

  National Highways

  State changed to: Internal referral

  Posted by National Highways at 08:33, Thursday 13 March 2025