Upgrade to Smart Motorway Junctions 3 to 12

M4 Upgrade to smart motorway Junctions 3 to 12

Public Information Exhibitions Spring 2019 About smart motorways

Smart motorways are a technology All lane running driven approach to the use of our The hard shoulder will be motorways, increasing capacity converted to a permanent new gantries and relieving congestion while traffic lane. maintaining safety. new signals

Drivers should obey all signs, new CCTV cameras Smart motorways help make including speed limits and lane journey times more reliable, at traffic monitoring emergency areas closure instructions and should radar detector less cost than traditional widening not stop on the motorway schemes, meaning better value for except in an emergency. the tax payer. message signs Emergency areas Key features of a smart motorway include: There will be highly visible emergency areas. Variable mandatory speed limits There will be an emergency Speed limits will be set to speed limit telephone in each emergency enforcement camera smooth traffic flows. area. lower noise surfacing The limits will be clearly This will connect you to displayed on overhead gantries signs Highways England’s Regional and roadside signs. Control Centres and will concrete barriers Signs will be used to inform pinpoint your location.

drivers of conditions on the under carriageway ducts technology ducting 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 3 to 12 Key changes to 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 businesses, carrying on average 11 bridges carrying local traffic four lanes available for use by 130,000 vehicles per day and is over the motorway will need road users. Between junctions 4 prone to congestion. demolition and replacement. and 4b, there will be five lanes. Highways England are improving Where a hard shoulder does not Several bridges that carry the the M4 between junction 3 at currently exist, the motorway will motorway over roads, railways Hayes and junction 12 at Theale be adapted to create a minimum and rivers will need widening. by upgrading it to a smart of four lanes. The barrier in the Several subways and culverts motorway. central reservation will be replaced that run under the motorway by a new concrete barrier. will also need work in order to This means there will be: accommodate the upgrade. An additional lane for traffic Through junction running Emergency areas increasing capacity to reduce This enables a consistent number The M4 junctions 3 to 12 project congestion. of lanes to pass through the There will be new high visibility received planning permission junction, reducing the need for emergency areas between More technology on the road through the Development Consent vehicles staying on the motorway junctions 3 and 12. Places of to smooth flows and manage Order (DCO) process. Following to change lane. Through-junction relative safety will be every 1.12 incidents. a statutory consultation, it was running will be in place at junctions miles on average and no more More reliable journeys. granted consent in September 4, 6, 7, 8/9 and 11 and at the than 1.6 miles apart. If you are 2016. This was followed by Reading motorway service area. driving at 60mph you will pass one detailed design and planning approximately once every work. Construction on the 90 seconds. motorway started in July 2018 and is expected to be completed in March 2022. What work is planned?

This is the longest smart motorway project in England to date (51km, 32 miles).

A40 N 4 lane smart motorway M40 A404 We started construction between 5 lane smart motorway junctions 8/9 and 10 in July 2018 A40 11 Through junction running M25 A40 A406 and subsequently began enabling 12 No through junction running Hillingdon Maidenhead work on four bridges between Bridges to be replaced Slough A308(M) M4 Hayes Southall Ealing junctions 8/9 and 7. The more A404(M) 6 8/9 4 M4 complex section of the scheme, 7 5 4b 3 A4 progressing east from junctions 8/9 Twyford Windsor M4 Heathrow Airport London towards junction 3, will commence M4 Hounslow Reading A30 M4 Feltham A316 in May 2019. This section includes A3290 significant structures work, 12 A308 A33 10 Egham Theale A329(M) M25 including the replacement of 11 M4 Bracknell A308 11 Wokingham M3 bridges. Surbiton A332 M3 We have carefully planned the Weybridge work to minimise disruption to our A33 M25 Camberley drivers and communities, however A3 A243 GFD18_0283 © Crown copyright and database rights 2019 OS 100030649 this timetable may change. Any changes will be published on our project web pages. Motorway Link J12 - 11 J11 - 10 J10 - 8/9 J8/9 - 6 J6 - 5 J5 - 4b J4b - 3

Visit www.trafficengland.com Start May 20 May 20 July 18 May 19 Dec 19 May 20 Jul 19 or follow @HighwaysSEAST on Finish Dec 20 Dec 20 May 20 Mar 22 Mar 22 Mar 22 Mar 22 Twitter for live and future traffic information. Bridge and structure works What to do if you break down

If you need to stop in an Much of the M4 was originally built Where the motorway passes over, emergency on a smart motorway: as a two-lane dual carriageway, for example, the River Thames and has been upgraded over the at Bray and the railway line to Use an emergency area and years. Eleven bridges over the Windsor, we will need to widen the emergency telephone. motorway need to be replaced to bridges to support the new smart If you can, leave the motorway make room for a new lane where motorway. at a motorway service area, or there is no existing hard shoulder the next junction. Two subways, including at Sipson, To limit disruption, seven of the and several culverts that run under If you have to stop in a live lane: new bridges will be built next to the motorway will also need work Put your hazard warning lights the existing ones, before the old in order to accommodate the on to help other drivers see ones are demolished. These are: upgrade. you and help our control room staff spot you on CCTV. Ascot Road (A330) Some weekend closures will be Monkey Island Lane required for bridge works. Road If you are in the left hand lane Lake End Road diversions for all of these works and it is safe to do so, exit Huntercombe Spur have been agreed with the local the vehicle via the left hand Wood Lane and statutory authorities. Full door. Wait behind the barrier if Datchet Road details will be communicated and possible. Riding Court Road posted on our project webpages If you cannot exit the vehicle, well in advance. do not feel it is safe to do so However, where there is not or there is no other place of enough space for this, four of the relative safety, remain in the bridges will be demolished first, vehicle. Keep your seat belt on then a new bridge will be built in and dial 999. the same place. These are:

Marsh Lane As soon as Highways England is alerted, our Oldway Lane Recreation Ground Regional Control Centre will close lanes to Old Slade Lane protect you and your vehicle until help arrives. Find out more Safety, red sign and incidents You can find out more about the plans for junctions 3 to 12 at these We use a red symbol to show Incident management is controlled exhibitions. Highways England and the design and construction teams that a lane is closed because of an by teams in our control centres: will be available to discuss the scheme and answer your questions. incident or people working on the road: Incidents will be detected by traffic sensors, CCTV or calls Drop by to meet the team This provides access for from the public. emergency services. Venue Date Time The control centre will set Wednesday Datchet Women’s Institute Hall, The Green, 13th March 17:00 – 21:00 You will see red symbols signs to protect incidents Datchet, Berkshire SL3 9EH 2019 on a gantry sign over the and clear an access route Slough Aspire, 350 Edinburgh Avenue, Friday 15th motorway or on a gantry sign for emergency vehicles. 12:00 – 19:00 Slough SL1 4TU March 2019 at the side of the motorway. Control centre staff will monitor Cippenham Community Centre, 90 Earls Monday 18th 16:00 – 20:00 Driving in a lane with a red traffic conditions throughout Lane, Slough SL1 5TD March 2019 symbol is dangerous and each incident, ensure signs are Heathrow Windsor Marriott, Ditton Road, Tuesday 19th 15:00 – 20:00 drivers must not use it. set to manage traffic, and will Slough SL3 8PT March 2019 reopen lanes as soon as it is Wednesday Langley Pavilion, Langley Road, Slough, 20th March 16:00 – 20:00 safe to do so. SL3 8BS 2019 Yiewsley & West Drayton Community Friday 22nd Centre, 228 Harmondsworth Road, West 17:30 - 20:00 March 2019 Drayton, Middlesex UB7 9JL Hayes & Harlington Community Centre, Saturday 23rd 12:00 – 16:00 Albert Road, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 4HR March 2019 Cranford Community College, High Street, Thursday 28th 18:00 – 21:00 Hounslow TW5 9PD March 2019 Iver Village Hall, Grange Way, Iver, Monday 1st 18:30 – 21:00 Buckinghamshire SL0 9NW April 2019

We will also be holding pop-up exhibitions at shopping centres, supermarkets, business parks, and major employment locations throughout Spring and Summer 2019. Details of these will be posted on our webpages. Contact us

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