M27 reopened after major roadworks

6:53am Monday 11th March 2013 in News

M27 reopened after major roadworks M27 reopened after major roadworks

A Hampshire motorway was running well this morning after being shut for major roadworks over the weekend.

Roadworks carried on throughout the night into the early hours of this morning as workmen raced to get the work completed before the 5.30asm deadline today.

A stretch of the eastbound carriageway of the M27 has been closed between junctions 4 and 5 until, as essential resurfacing work is completed.

As reported by the Daily Echo, the work will prevent the build up of surface water on the motorway after periods of heavy rain.

Queues were reported on residential streets throughout the day, as traffic clogged up Bassett Green Road in Southampton, as well as Leigh Road, Passfield Avenue and Stoneham Lane in Eastleigh.

But transport chiefs today said the roadworks had "gone very well".

Comments(7)

Georgem says...
7:11am Mon 11 Mar 13

...and the budget for next year is secure once more...

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Brusher Mills says...
7:19am Mon 11 Mar 13

Georgem wrote:
...and the budget for next year is secure once more...
Keeps people in work and that stretch of road was very bad when it rained heavily.

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good-gosh says...
9:33am Mon 11 Mar 13

The cleaver part is the unseen brainy work – the engineering, planning and supervision.

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Georgem says...
10:02am Mon 11 Mar 13

good-gosh wrote:
The cleaver part is the unseen brainy work – the engineering, planning and supervision.
Nah, the cleaver part is what cuts the meat part.

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good-gosh says...
10:15am Mon 11 Mar 13

Georgem wrote:
good-gosh wrote:
The cleaver part is the unseen brainy work – the engineering, planning and supervision.
Nah, the cleaver part is what cuts the meat part.
ha ha

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Jerry Parsons says...
12:30pm Mon 11 Mar 13

Poor old Echo...a much smaller story here as it all went off well & there's nothing to gripe or moan about.

And yes, good-gosh; engineering etc. was the clever part.

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For pity sake says...
1:09pm Mon 11 Mar 13

This work was justified on the basis that it would save lives.
The proposal to lower the speed limit on the A31 was rejected on the basis that insufficient people had been killed.
Now compare the record on those two stretches...

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