M40 southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, hard shoulder closure
ClearedM40 southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, hard shoulder closure
- Start time
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 6:00 PM
- Expected end
- Wed, Aug 5, 2026 10:59 PM
- Duration
- 2 seconds
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J7 And J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
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- First published
- Thu, Mar 19, 2026 7:56 AM
- Last updated
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 9:57 AM
- Cleared
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 6:00 PM
- Latest update: M40 southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, hard shoulder closure
- Coordinates
- 51.722542, -1.049455
- Latitude span
- 51.721714 – 51.723485
- Longitude span
- -1.053842 – -1.044717
- Bounding box centre
- 51.722600, -1.049280
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- M40 southbound between J8 and J7
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 6:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Aug 5, 2026 10:59 PM
- Feed window length
- 3 days 4 hours 59 minutes
- Probability code (raw)
- probable
- Compliance option (raw)
- mandatory
- Source identification (raw)
- roadworks
- Management type value
- other
- Contra-flow flag (raw)
- false
- Width restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Height restriction flag (raw)
- false
- Weight restriction flag (raw)
- false
Segment 1
10 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {C3F2A012-EB92-4B47-BE86-94D9DB707247}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 568 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.723157 -1.052593 51.722869 -1.051383 51.722607 -1.050201 51.722513 -1.049722 51.722345 -1.04886 51.722213 -1.04811 51.72188 -1.045917 51.721871 -1.04583 51.721852 -1.045715 51.721714 -1.044717
Segment 2
3 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J8 and J7
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lane Usage
- Lh
- Lane Number
- 0
- Lane Status
- Closed
- Lane Direction
- Aligned
- Lanes Restricted
- 0 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 4 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {D5F0A925-36DE-4E7D-B153-D69E33630A4A}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 280 m
- To Distance
- 374 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.723485 -1.053842 51.723379 -1.05343 51.723157 -1.052593
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 13
- First coordinate pair
- -1.052593, 51.723157
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 13
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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51.722607
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- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 2
- Record created
- Thu, Mar 19, 2026 7:56 AM
- Record versioned
- Sun, Aug 2, 2026 9:57 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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