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At J39 where the M1 slices through the Durkar area of Wakefield the Highways Agency have recently installed the "Wakefield Wall". Instead of the normal wooden fence it's a fancy solid metal fence, which I assume has some clever acoustic properties. Does anyone here know anything more about it? Is this material likely to be used elsewhere?
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NICK 647063 wrote: Mon Jul 08, 2019 22:40
I seem to remember reading that the widow of a serial killer lived by the A1 near Wetherby. That's a serial killer my mother often spoke very positively about.
Yes this is it, I’m always a little cautious about saying too much as originally I suspected his family were under some protection but then the media were all outside back in 2004 when the said serial killer killed himself in prison, since then the A1 upgrade was completed and his wife was basically fenced in from the A1(M) with thousands of motorists passing by daily unaware of who lived behind the fence, Just google serial killer doctors wife walshford and you will get all the info you need, you see I managed it without naming anyone!
It's been openly mentioned on SABRE right back to 2004 so I wouldn't worry too much.
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M66 straight through a housing estate at same hight as bedroom windows. And poor access from main roads. Probably you must get used to it after living there a bit.. I lived near M11 near Cambridge when I was a kid and got used to it. .
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I spent the first 25 years of my life alongside D3 A12 at Newbury Park. My dad used to reverse out onto it to go to work in the morning. Scary stuff.

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Roads don't have to big, aggressive and modern to provoke this thought. How about Hengate,Beverley: a nice narrow old street pressed into service as part of the inner ring road?
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This is 50mph A13 in East London. Front doors to edge of carriageway about 15 feet. Plus TfL narrowed the intervening pavement to insert a cycleway (fortunately never used).

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.51736 ... 312!8i6656
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I grew up very close to this in Dublin:
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3542771 ... bfov%3D100
It's the 6 lane N4 Lucan Bypass. It was only 4 lanes until 2009, though. The entrance slip was made bus-only (though never used in practice) at the time, which should have improved things a little for the nearby houses, but still.
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The A437 flyover in Harlington must qualify for this thread?
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On the subject of the M3, check the traffic in the morning
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B4444 wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 18:55 On the subject of the M3, check the traffic in the morning
Ditto the front door

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.17717 ... 312!8i6656
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Micro The Maniac wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2019 08:35
B4444 wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 18:55 On the subject of the M3, check the traffic in the morning
Ditto the front door

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.17717 ... 312!8i6656
That building isn’t just a house, it’s a gatehouse (complete with archway) for Stratton Park. It was severed from the rest of the park by the M3, but the building had to be preserved. You can see the rest of the avenue that led from the gatehouse into the park on the other side of the motorway.
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Nothing special about this as hundreds of villages are in a similar boat, but I do feel sorry for the residents of Rempstone. Flooding on some local roads is exacerbating the congestion, but every morning there are big tailbacks from all 4 directions (in particular going westbound A6006) to the 4-way signalised crossroads. Took me 20 minutes to stop-start crawl through the village this morning. Plus plenty of heavy goods vehicles use this route too. The air quality at peak times must be dreadful. Noticed one resident curtain twitching looking at the queue, wouldn't blame them at all for being frustrated.
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How about here, although traffic slows down a lot for the lights: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.43435 ... 384!8i8192
But these houses just further up have no driveway: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.43676 ... 384!8i8192
I've always though it must be a pain to live on a double yellow, or a single yellow with ridiculous times (7am - 7pm) but with a red route, it must be horrible.
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Mentioning the A3, its a bit off topic but the nice wide A3 becomes a 2 way single carriageway with tiny right turn boxes here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.44991 ... 384!8i8192
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Chris5156 wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:28
Micro The Maniac wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2019 08:35
B4444 wrote: Mon Nov 11, 2019 18:55On the subject of the M3, check the traffic in the morning
Ditto the front door
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.17717 ... 312!8i6656
That building isn’t just a house, it’s a gatehouse (complete with archway) for Stratton Park. It was severed from the rest of the park by the M3, but the building had to be preserved. You can see the rest of the avenue that led from the gatehouse into the park on the other side of the motorway.
This piqued my curiosity. So I looked a bit further into it online.

Sadly, it appears the old house was demolished in 1960. It used to look like this:
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Now it appears only the portico survived,
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and a very modernistic house replaced most of it. Not an unpleasant looking house, though not as grand as the original.
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House looks natty, and they haven't looked after the portico columns very well either. A sad end!
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Skipsy wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2019 15:26 ... I've always though it must be a pain to live on a double yellow, or a single yellow with ridiculous times (7am - 7pm) but with a red route, it must be horrible...
We live on a minor unclassified S2 road and we have double yellows outside the house and no pavement. However, there are no lines on the opposite side of the road meaning that there are always cars parked there, effectively narrowing the road to a single lane. Luckily we can accommodate 6 cars on the drive which also benefits from having an entrance which is 2 cars wide. It is a bit of a pain when large delivery vehicles want to stop. Sometimes there is no option but to block the road for a couple of minutes.
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the cheesecake man wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2019 13:55 At J39 where the M1 slices through the Durkar area of Wakefield the Highways Agency have recently installed the "Wakefield Wall". Instead of the normal wooden fence it's a fancy solid metal fence, which I assume has some clever acoustic properties.
Wakefield Wall is now on GSV.

Does anyone here know anything more about it? Is this material likely to be used elsewhere?
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As pointed out in another thread, people who live along the A406 in Neasden. Last time I was there, the houses had been blackened with pollution, the traffic noise must be unbearable, parking a real art form, and it probably would be a good idea to keep pets indoors.
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Marlow road
I think the road was raised and re-aligned when the bypass was built; a bit harsh on the end cottage though.
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