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SouthWest Philip wrote:Shouldn't the studs be all-red on both sides of the road in this instance?
The studs should be red on the "front" and blank on the "rear", so that all a driver sees is red on the nearside and white in the centre.
A very very dangerous mistake and could potentially be very costly litigiously if theres an accident and a clever lawyer gets wind of it.
On the topic of studs, I was playing Trivial Pursuit and the question came up what do blue road studs indicate. Knowing the TSRGD as I do I know that blue is not a permitted colour but according to the answer its police access roads. Strangely blue studs are an option in the Key Lines program stud menu at work.
Has anyone ever seen blue road studs?
SouthWest Philip wrote:Shouldn't the studs be all-red on both sides of the road in this instance?
The studs should be red on the "front" and blank on the "rear", so that all a driver sees is red on the nearside and white in the centre.
A very very dangerous mistake and could potentially be very costly litigiously if theres an accident and a clever lawyer gets wind of it.
On the topic of studs, I was playing Trivial Pursuit and the question came up what do blue road studs indicate. Knowing the TSRGD as I do I know that blue is not a permitted colour but according to the answer its police access roads. Strangely blue studs are an option in the Key Lines program stud menu at work.
Has anyone ever seen blue road studs?
Back in the 70's they use to use them on ECP's Mark. Also, you had three together 300yds before it, 2 together at 200yd's and one at 100yds
Mr Brown, 1984 was a warning, not an instruction manual
Tree clkearance has started atthe Bramshott common junction site and also between the Hazel Grove Intgerchange and the site of the southern tunnel portal.
Bramshott Interchange site
Hazel Grove Intershange site
Tunnel portal site in distance
Driving thrombosis caused this accident......a clot behind the wheel.
Those houses will front onto the new junction and service road at the end of the existing dual carriageway section. Further doen form the Hezekl Grove junction (where the site compound is, the road has pinched some quite large gardens, with the fence delineating the edge of works rather colse to some houses, but they will not be demolished.
These pics show progress so far, which is, as yet tree clearance. I will try to upgate every couple of months or so.
Driving thrombosis caused this accident......a clot behind the wheel.
M4 Cardiff wrote:Those houses will front onto the new junction and service road at the end of the existing dual carriageway section. Further doen form the Hezekl Grove junction (where the site compound is, the road has pinched some quite large gardens, with the fence delineating the edge of works rather colse to some houses, but they will not be demolished.
These pics show progress so far, which is, as yet tree clearance. I will try to upgate every couple of months or so.
Even so, I think I'd be pretty p****d off if it was my house and garden! Especialy the garden
Thought I would reboot this thread instead of creating a new thread.
It is 10 years since this opened and there is a good article on Hampshire Live, looking back with some excellent photos of construction. Can't believe its been 10 years!
I remember driving through the southbound bore just after it opened, yet the northbound opened a few days later so drove back on the old A3 route just before it closed
