M40 southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, lane 1 and 2 closure
ClearedM40 southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, lane 1 and 2 closure
- Start time
- Wed, Sep 30, 2026 8:00 PM
- Expected end
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 5:00 AM
- Duration
- 9 hours
- Road
- M40 – M40 Southbound Between J7 And J6
- Category
- Road Maintenance
- Direction
- Southbound
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes affected
- 2 of 2 lanes affected
- Reason
- Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
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- First published
- Wed, Sep 2, 2026 10:57 AM
- Last updated
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 4:52 AM
- Cleared
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 5:00 AM
- Latest update: M40 southbound, Jct 7 to Jct 6, lane 1 and 2 closure
- Coordinates
- 51.707790, -1.008164
- Latitude span
- 51.701257 – 51.713611
- Longitude span
- -1.019210 – -0.993925
- Bounding box centre
- 51.707434, -1.006568
- Location descriptions
-
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Feed validity status
- Planned
- Overall feed start
- Wed, Sep 30, 2026 8:00 PM
- Overall feed end
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 5:00 AM
- 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
7 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- 52 m
- To Distance
- 523 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.713611 -1.01921 51.713604 -1.019197 51.713057 -1.018326 51.712264 -1.017069 51.711654 -1.016171 51.71119 -1.015486 51.710568 -1.014482
Segment 2
20 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 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
- {33E4CF44-323E-4BB5-BF70-3F0FB76025A6}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 1,061 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.710568 -1.014482 51.710568 -1.014482 51.710561 -1.014472 51.710351 -1.014113 51.710269 -1.013972 51.710063 -1.0136 51.709666 -1.012885 51.709082 -1.011783 51.708917 -1.011454 51.708817 -1.011254 51.708276 -1.010079 51.707744 -1.00886 51.707496 -1.008243 51.707257 -1.007641 51.707023 -1.007009 51.706788 -1.006377 51.706701 -1.006148 51.705446 -1.002846 51.705308 -1.002502 51.705087 -1.001957
Segment 3
9 coordinate pairs- Description
- M40 southbound between J7 and J6
- Carriageway
- Dual Carriageway
- Lanes Restricted
- 2 lanes restricted
- Operational Lanes
- 2 operational lanes
- Direction On Section
- South Bound
- Direction Relative
- Aligned
- Height Grade
- Start2 End2
- Linear Element Road
- M40
- Linear Element Model
- The Network Model
- Linear Element Id
- {342D51DD-C894-4FE8-8E78-403ACEE4BC89}
- Linear Element Type
- B Carriageway
- From Distance
- 0 m
- To Distance
- 700 m
- Gml Srs Name
- EPSG::4326
- Gml Srs Dimension
- 2
Raw coordinate list
51.705087 -1.001957 51.704793 -1.00124 51.704188 -0.999806 51.703574 -0.998445 51.703473 -0.998245 51.702887 -0.997013 51.701936 -0.995182 51.701297 -0.993995 51.701257 -0.993925
- Geometry type
- MultiLineString
- Geometry points
- 36
- First coordinate pair
- -1.019210, 51.713611
- Road section segments
- 1
- Road section points
- 36
View geometry JSON
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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
- Wed, Sep 2, 2026 10:57 AM
- Record versioned
- Thu, Oct 1, 2026 4:52 AM
- Coordinate source
- Geometry
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