Hard shoulder east
Plannedhard shoulder east
- Start time
- Fri, Aug 14, 2026 7:00 AM
- Expected end
- Fri, Aug 14, 2026 4:00 PM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M4 – M4 Eastbound Between J17 And J16
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Eastbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Reason
- Maintenance Work
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- First published
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 10:50 AM
- Last updated
- Fri, Aug 14, 2026 6:09 AM
- Cleared
- Fri, Aug 14, 2026 4:00 PM
- Latest update: hard shoulder east
- Coordinates
- 51.514730, -2.083739
- Latitude span
- 51.514429 – 51.515173
- Longitude span
- -2.091200 – -2.076937
- Bounding box centre
- 51.514801, -2.084069
- Location descriptions
-
- M4 eastbound between J17 and J16
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Fri, Aug 14, 2026 7:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Fri, Aug 14, 2026 4:00 PM
- Feed window length
- 9 hours
- 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
15 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J17 and J16
- 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
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {401B6C60-2D63-421E-A2CE-4EA399FE425F}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 406 m
- To Distance
- 1,400 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.514429 -2.0912 51.514434 -2.090441 51.514439 -2.089932 51.514461 -2.088753 51.514485 -2.087873 51.514515 -2.086933 51.514558 -2.085829 51.514608 -2.084765 51.51467 -2.083645 51.514715 -2.082823 51.514772 -2.08179 51.514849 -2.080705 51.514923 -2.07971 51.515042 -2.078334 51.515172 -2.076944
Segment 2
2 coordinate pairs- Description
- M4 eastbound between J17 and J16
- 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
- East Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start1 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M4
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {18A7AC03-B1E5-4F77-BF84-9B510DF7D45B}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 0 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.515172 -2.076944 51.515173 -2.076937
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 17
- First coordinate pair
- -2.091200, 51.514429
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 17
View geometry JSON
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View road section coordinates
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]
- Cause type
- Road Maintenance
- Detailed cause
- Maintenance Work
- Compliance
- Mandatory
- Probability
- Probable
- Validity status
- Planned
- Road management
- Other
- Feed provider
- National Highways
- Data source
- Roadworks
- Feed version
- 1
- Record created
- Tue, Jul 28, 2026 10:50 AM
- Record versioned
- Fri, Aug 14, 2026 6:09 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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