M40 Southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, hard shoulder closure.
PlannedM40 Southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, hard shoulder closure.
- Start time
- Sun, Aug 16, 2026 6:00 AM
- Expected end
- Wed, Aug 19, 2026 10:59 PM
- Duration
- 3 days 16 hours 59 minutes
- 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
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 1:45 PM
- Last updated
- Sun, Aug 16, 2026 1:19 AM
- Cleared
- Wed, Aug 19, 2026 10:59 PM
- Latest update: M40 Southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, hard shoulder closure.
- Coordinates
- 51.713750, -1.019551
- Latitude span
- 51.711643 – 51.715392
- Longitude span
- -1.022513 – -1.016155
- Bounding box centre
- 51.713518, -1.019334
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Sun, Aug 16, 2026 6:00 AM
- Overall feed end
- Wed, Aug 19, 2026 10:59 PM
- Feed window length
- 3 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
8 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
- Start2 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {90569FD3-F123-49DD-8D21-BFF237217120}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 1,104 m
- To Distance
- 1,354 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.715392 -1.022513 51.71522 -1.022159 51.714937 -1.0216 51.714425 -1.020641 51.714361 -1.020527 51.71396 -1.019812 51.713939 -1.019779 51.713933 -1.01977
Segment 2
7 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 End1
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {BD3A75F6-97F2-4F8E-A893-A2A2B8FF429E}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 356 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.713933 -1.01977 51.713932 -1.019769 51.713604 -1.019197 51.713057 -1.018326 51.712264 -1.017069 51.711654 -1.016171 51.711643 -1.016155
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 15
- First coordinate pair
- -1.022513, 51.715392
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 15
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
- 2
- Record created
- Tue, Jul 21, 2026 1:45 PM
- Record versioned
- Sun, Aug 16, 2026 1:19 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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