M40 Southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8a, hard shoulder closure.
PlannedM40 Southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8a, hard shoulder closure.
- Start time
- Tue, Aug 4, 2026 6:00 AM
- Expected end
- Thu, Aug 6, 2026 10:59 PM
- Duration
- 2 days 16 hours 59 minutes
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J9 And J8A
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
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- First published
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 11:26 AM
- Last updated
- Tue, Aug 4, 2026 2:48 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Aug 6, 2026 10:59 PM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 9 to Jct 8a, hard shoulder closure.
- Coordinates
- 51.822598, -1.107870
- Latitude span
- 51.819442 – 51.825749
- Longitude span
- -1.110446 – -1.106044
- Bounding box centre
- 51.822596, -1.108245
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Tue, Aug 4, 2026 6:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Aug 6, 2026 10:59 PM
- Feed window length
- 2 days 16 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
13 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- 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
- {0278D843-0751-4C8A-9B92-0FA614CA3C67}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,354 m
- To Distance
- 1,906 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.825749 -1.110446 51.825362 -1.110029 51.824918 -1.109574 51.824546 -1.109233 51.824157 -1.108878 51.823723 -1.108524 51.82337 -1.10824 51.822918 -1.107901 51.822543 -1.107633 51.822484 -1.10759 51.822168 -1.107379 51.821626 -1.107071 51.821319 -1.106903
Segment 2
5 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
- 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
- {92EAB42B-7911-4907-ADB7-CAC1B5FBBCF9}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 217 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.821319 -1.106903 51.820904 -1.106679 51.820371 -1.106428 51.819848 -1.106206 51.819442 -1.106044
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 18
- First coordinate pair
- -1.110446, 51.825749
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 18
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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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
- 1
- Record created
- Thu, Jul 16, 2026 11:26 AM
- Record versioned
- Tue, Aug 4, 2026 2:48 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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