M1
(asked on 10th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the M1 motorway is currently subject to roadworks reducing traffic speeds to 50 miles per hour; and how long any such roadworks will take to complete.
The percentage of the M1 currently subject to roadworks reducing traffic speeds to 50 mph is 25 percent.
The table below provides details of the projects on the M1 which are currently under construction or are undertaking works that require a 50mph speed limit to be in place. It also advises when those speed limits will be removed, and where applicable, when the project is expected to complete.
Scheme | Removal of 50mph speed restriction | Publically committed scheme completion |
M1 J19-16 smart motorway* | Summer 2015 | Post 2015 |
M1 J19 improvement | Autumn 2016 | 2016/17 |
M1 J28-31 smart motorway | Autumn 2015 | 2015 |
M1 J39-42 smart motorway | Autumn 2015 | 2015/16 |
*The M1 J19-16 scheme is a project identified for delivery post 2015. The works currently being undertaken at this location are central barrier work, replacing the existing, life expired, steel central reserve with a concrete barrier. The Highways Agency will also take the opportunity to undertake some associated smart motorway enabling works at the same time in readiness for scheme start.