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M4
Upgrade to smart motorway
Junctions 3 to 12
Information Exhibitions July 2018
About smart
motorways
Smart motorways are a technology All lane running
driven approach to the use of our new gantries
motorways, increasing capacity The hard shoulder will be new signals
and relieving congestion while permanently converted into a
new CCTV cameras
maintaining safety. traffic lane.
Drivers should obey all signs, traffic monitoring emergency areas
radar detector
Smart Motorways help make including speed limits and lane
journey times more reliable, at closure instructions and should
less cost than traditional widening not stop on the motorway message signs
schemes, meaning better value for except in an emergency.
the tax payer.
Emergency areas
Key features of a smart motorway
include: There will be highly visible speed limit
emergency areas. enforcement camera
Variable mandatory speed limits
There will be an emergency lower noise surfacing
telephone in each emergency
Speed limits will be set to signs
area.
smooth traffic flows.
This will connect you to concrete barriers
The limits will be clearly
Highways England’s Regional
displayed on overhead gantries
Control Centres and will under carriageway ducts technology ducting
and roadside signs.
pinpoint your location.
Signs will be used to inform
drivers of conditions on the
network and when variable
speed limits are in place.
It is important for drivers to
understand the different types of technology
and features used on smart motorways
M4 junctions Key changes to
3 to 12 the motorway
The M4 is the main strategic route
All Lane Running Bridge works
between London, the West of
Between junctions 3 and 12 the To accommodate the new smart
England and Wales. It connects
hard shoulder will be converted motorway:
people, communities and
to a traffic lane, so that there are 11 bridges carrying local traffic
businesses, carrying on average
four lanes available for use by over the motorway will need
130,000 vehicles per day and is
road users. Between junctions 4 demolition and replacement.
prone to congestion.
and 4b, there will be five lanes. 4 bridges that carry the
Where a hard shoulder does not motorway over roads, railways
Highways England will be
currently exist, the motorway will and rivers will need widening.
improving the M4 between junction
be adapted to create a minimum 2 subways under the motorway
3 at Hayes and junction 12 at
of four lanes. The barrier in the will also need lengthening.
Theale by upgrading it to a smart
central reservation will be replaced
motorway. planning permission through the
by a new concrete barrier.
Development Consent Order Emergency areas (EAs)
This means there will be: (DCO) process. Following a There will be new high visibility
An additional lane for traffic statutory consultation, it was Through junction running Emergency Areas between
increasing capacity to reduce granted consent in September This enables a consistent number junctions 3 and 12. Places of
congestion. 2016. Since then we have been of lanes to pass through the relative safety will be every 1.12
More technology on the road working on detailed design and junction, reducing the need to miles on average and no more
to smooth flows and manage planning construction. Work on the change lane for vehicles staying than 1.6 miles apart. If you are
incidents. motorway will start in summer 2018 on the motorway. Through-junction driving at 60mph you will pass one
More reliable journeys. and is expected to be completed running will be in place at junctions approximately once a minute.
in spring 2022. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8/9 and 11 and at the
The M4 J3-12 project has received Reading motorway service area.
When will the
work start?
This is the longest smart motorway
project in England to date (51km, A40 N
M40
32 miles). To minimise disruption 4 lane smart motorway A404
5 lane smart motorway A40
to our customers we will need M25 A406
to work on different stages at 11 Through junction running Hillingdon A40
12 No through junction running Maidenhead
different times. Slough
A308(M)
A404(M) M4 Hayes Southall Ealing
6
Our current intention for the 8/9
7 4b 4 3 M4
5
A4
phasing of construction, is to start Twyford Windsor M4 Heathrow
Airport
London
at J8/9 and progress west towards M4
Hounslow
A30
M4 Reading
J10. In tandem we will start work Feltham A316
A3290
on four bridges between J8/9 and 12 A308
J7. The more complex section of Theale
A33 10 A329(M)
Egham
M25
M4 Bracknell A308
the scheme, progressing east from 11 Wokingham M3
J8/9 towards J3, will be started in Surbiton
May 2019. A332
M3
Weybridge
A33 M25
Camberley A3 A243
GFD18_0125 © Crown copyright and database rights 2018 OS 100030649
Motorway Link J12 - 11 J11 - 10 J10 - 8/9 J8/9 - 6 J6 - 5 J5 - 4b J4b - 3
Start May 20 May 20 Sept 18 May 191 Dec 19 Oct 19 Jan 20
Finish Feb 22 Jan 22 May 20 Dec 21 Mar 22 Mar 22 Mar 22
Notes:
1. Mobilisation work to 4 structures in J8/9-7 Timetable subject to governance, funding Progress updates will be provided on the
link will also start in late autumn 2018. approval and discharge of the DCO. Highways England website throughout
the delivery.
What to do if you Safety, red sign
break down and incidents
If you need to stop in an We use a red symbol to show Incident management is controlled
emergency on a smart motorway: that a lane is closed because of an by teams in our control centres:
Use an emergency area and incident or people working on the Incidents will be detected by
the emergency telephone. road: traffic sensors, CCTV or calls
If you can, leave the motorway This provides access for from the public.
at a motorway service area, or emergency services. The control centre will set
the next junction. You will see red symbols signs to protect incidents
on a gantry sign over the and clear an access route
If you have to stop in a live lane: motorway or on a gantry sign for emergency vehicles.
Put your hazard warning lights at the side of the motorway. Control centre staff will monitor
on to help other drivers see Driving in a lane with a red traffic conditions throughout
you and help our control room symbol is dangerous and each incident, ensure signs are
staff spot you on CCTV. drivers must not use it. set to manage traffic, and will
If you are in the left hand lane reopen lanes as soon as it is
and it is safe to do so, exit the safe to do so.
vehicle via the left hand door.
Wait behind the barrier
if possible.
If you cannot exit the vehicle,
do not feel it is safe to do so
or there is no other place of
relative safety, remain in the
vehicle. Keep your seat belt on
and dial 999.
As soon as Highways England is alerted, our
Regional Control Centre will close lanes to
protect you and your vehicle until help arrives.Considerate Bridge works Find out more
construction You can find out more about the plans for junctions 3 to 12 at these
exhibitions. Highways England and the design and construction teams
We will need to set up a number Much of the M4 was originally built
will be available to discuss the scheme and answer your questions.
of construction compounds along as a two-lane dual carriageway,
the M4. and has been upgraded over the
years. Eleven bridges over the Drop by to meet the team*
During construction, narrow lanes motorway need to be replaced to
and reduced speed restrictions will make room for a new lane where Exhibition
Venue Date
Time
be put in place to create a smooth there is no existing hard shoulder.
and safe flow of traffic through Holyport War Memorial Hall, Holyport, Sat 10:00 to
the works and to protect workers. To limit local disruption, new Maidenhead. SL6 2NA 07/07/2018 13:00
Additionally, traffic management bridges will be built next to the Sindlesham Court, Wed 15:00 to
barriers will be needed. Three existing ones, before the old one Sindlesham, Wokingham. RG41 5EA 11/07/2018 20:00
narrow lanes will be available for is demolished. However, where Dorney Village Hall, Dorney Reach, Thur 14:00 to
road users during peak hours. there is not enough space for this, Maidenhead. SL6 0DS 12/07/2018 19:00
some bridges will be demolished
Theale Village Hall, Theale, Reading. Fri 15:00 to
Wherever possible, noisier works first, then a new bridge built in the RG7 5AS 13/07/2018 20:00
will be undertaken during daytime same place.
The Nicholsons Centre, Nicholsons Lane, Mon 14:00 to
hours to reduce disturbance. Core Maidenhead. SL6 1LB 16/07/2018 19:00
working hours will be from 08:00 Where the motorway passes over, The Oracle Shopping Centre, Reading. Thu 09:00 to
to 19:00 on weekdays (excluding for example, the River Thames RG1 2AG 19/07/2018 20:00
bank holidays) and from 07:00 to at Bray and the railway line to *July 2018 exhibitions are taking place around M4 J7-12 where construction on this scheme will
start. Further engagement will take place around J3-7 in due course.
16:00 on Saturdays. Windsor, we will need to widen
There will be temporary closures
structures to support the new
smart motorway.
Our contact Mailing Address:
M4 J3-12 Smart Motorway
of the carriageway and slip roads details Highways England
at night on some occasions. In Some weekend closures will be 5 St Philip’s Place
these instances the closure will required for bridge works. Full Phone: 0300 123 5000 Birmingham B3 2PW
be advertised, and advance details will be communicated and Email: Project web page:
warning signs and clearly signed posted on our web page well in M4J3to12SmartMotorways@ www.highwaysengland.co.uk/
diversions will be put in place. advance. highwaysengland.co.uk m4j3to12If you need help accessing this or any other Highways England
information, please call 0300 123 5000 and we will help you.
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