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Re: Highways England pipeline of possible future schemes

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Micro The Maniac wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 13:13
Bryn666 wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 09:29 They wouldn't be renumbering it to M1 anyway, it's south of Hook Moor.
I was alluding to the fantasy idea of re-routing the M1 up the M18 then the A1(M)
Even if you sorted out Doncaster I just don't see the advantage in doing that. It doesn't even tidy up the numbering; it introduces an extra TOTSO onto the M1 route for a start (it is very unlikely the current M18/A1(M) junction would have a direct free-flow, it'd be a Lofthouse style), and Thurcroft is already a turn off, versus the current single one at Leeds.

Signposting "The NORTH" is all that people are looking for at this point - bearing in mind there's "The NORTH" and there's Leeds. I suspect Leeds still attracts more traffic than the wider "NORTH".
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Re: Highways England pipeline of possible future schemes

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jackal wrote: Mon Jun 21, 2021 11:38
JRN wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 17:42
Chris5156 wrote: Wed Jun 16, 2021 23:40
You should probably adjust your expectations to something more like signalisation and small scale widening of the roundabout and approaches.

Very disappointing. I suppose I should have known any extension of the M2, even by a few hundred metres to make it run straight though, was unlikely, but freeflow between the major movements (M2/A2) here seems necessary.
The main movements (which are between the M2 and A299) are already freeflow. Of course M2 to A2 should also be freeflow.

I think there's a reasonable chance they'll at least make the left turn freeflow. There's no real need for Brenley Lane to have direct access to the roundabout when it has access to the nearby Canterbury Road onslip.
I'll admit I had instinctively just felt that the M2 / A2 should be regarded as the major movement, but I guess you're right and the M2 / A299 is correctly prioritised based on traffic here.
It just feels wrong that the A2 TOTSOs here. (I know it's technically not a TOTSO.)
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