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To be honest I would have thought north-facing slips would suffice even without upgrading the B1174.
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A stretch of the southbound A1 including the whole site of the future junction has recently been resurfaced. The new road markings look beautiful but will presumably soon be messed up by narrow lanes etc when construction of the junction starts.
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wrinkly wrote:A stretch of the southbound A1 including the whole site of the future junction has recently been resurfaced. The new road markings look beautiful but will presumably soon be messed up by narrow lanes etc when construction of the junction starts.
I thought that was poor timing. I know they’re currently resurfacing/relining the Rutland stretch of the A1 for the rest of the year (started about a month ago), but you’d think common sense would’ve made them leave this section until the junction works are finished. Only about another 4 months time.
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Is this project something to do with the temporary 40 limit I encountered along there the other night? That was a pain of a drive down to Stansted - A1 was closed southbound for the aforementioned resurfacing at Newark, Grantham and Peterborough, followed by a closure on the A14 at St. Ives!
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The 40 limit is for the resurfacing, I think. I don't know what further streches are to be done.
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So this weeks there have been a lot of earth movers in the field on the west of the A1 here... I think construction may be about to commence...
. Although I've been wrong twice before, once foe the resurfacing and again for the barrier replacement!
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c2r's post prompted me to do a search which found this:

https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/news/ph ... 02.article
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I think this is the first pointless folded dumbbell I've seen. Slightly aggravating given the slips are basically in the right place for a trumpet loop, but have a roundabout in the way.

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Given the existing fork junction to the south, you could say that the south-facing slips are unnecessary, unless the road is to be extended westwards some time.
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wrinkly wrote:Given the existing fork junction to the south, you could say that the south-facing slips are unnecessary, unless the road is to be extended westwards some time.
I should think that the south-facing slips are there in case such an extension is required.
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I really don't like the 5 leg roundabout at the south east end, as shown it's barely bigger than the current 4 arm one and that's small as it is. As much as I don't want to add yet another roundabout to the road how about taking the new road down Whalebone Lane instead and replacing the t-junction there with a 3 legged roundabout? The barracks a little further along are likely to be closed soon anyway so that 3 leg could add a 4th to feed the inevitable development of the MOD land next to the A52.
Or cut the corner of the MOD land and add 2 roundabouts forming a triangle of 3 that could spread the joins a bit better.
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wrinkly wrote:Given the existing fork junction to the south, you could say that the south-facing slips are unnecessary, unless the road is to be extended westwards some time.
I’d be astounded if the land west of the A1 isn’t opened up for development and exits added to that roundabout within the next decade. If they didn’t build it as part of the junction they’d only have to add it later.
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Yep, it has developer funded written all over it. Just look at the intermediate roundabouts with roads going to nowhere. The roundabouts at the new A1 junction clearly leave provision for additional access roads to new developments. I would go as far to say the south facing slips are not so much duplicates of the nearly fork junction but are provided to cater for the increase in traffic using the new developments which the fork junction alone wouldn't absorb.
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It wouldn't be a stretch of the imagination to contemplate a re-routed A607 plugging into the western roundabout.
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SouthWest Philip wrote:It wouldn't be a stretch of the imagination to contemplate a re-routed A607 plugging into the western roundabout.
I can't say I'm keen on the junction at all. It is too close to those surrounding it on a section with poor alignment and sightlines. The cost of linking in the a607 would probably be high because of the landscape
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Truvelo wrote:Yep, it has developer funded written all over it. Just look at the intermediate roundabouts with roads going to nowhere. The roundabouts at the new A1 junction clearly leave provision for additional access roads to new developments. I would go as far to say the south facing slips are not so much duplicates of the nearly fork junction but are provided to cater for the increase in traffic using the new developments which the fork junction alone wouldn't absorb.
And yet the county are promoting it as one of their schemes...
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Truvelo wrote:Yep, it has developer funded written all over it. Just look at the intermediate roundabouts with roads going to nowhere. The roundabouts at the new A1 junction clearly leave provision for additional access roads to new developments. I would go as far to say the south facing slips are not so much duplicates of the nearly fork junction but are provided to cater for the increase in traffic using the new developments which the fork junction alone wouldn't absorb.
It won't be long before all the usual suspects are being planned along this route, Travelodge, KFC, Tesco, Subway, B and M's....all attracting traffic to quickly saturate the new road!
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Given roads like this only get funding if they 'generate jobs', that means they are simply built to enable tin sheds along them.
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