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M40 Southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 lane 1 and 2 closure

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M40 Southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 lane 1 and 2 closure

Start time
Thu, Oct 1, 2026 9:15 PM
Expected end
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 5:00 AM
Duration
7 hours 30 minutes 1 second
Road
M40 – M40 Southbound Between J9 And J8A
Category
Road Maintenance
Direction
Southbound
Carriageway
Dual Carriageway
Lanes affected
2 of 2 lanes affected
Reason
Tree And Vegetation Cutting Work
Live incident
Active roadworks
Planned
Cleared
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First published
Tue, Sep 22, 2026 1:03 PM
Last updated
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 4:16 AM
Cleared
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 4:45 AM
  • Latest update: M40 Southbound Jct 9 to Jct 8 lane 1 and 2 closure
Coordinates
51.753495, -1.102685
Latitude span
51.740337 – 51.769578
Longitude span
-1.105953 – -1.095668
Bounding box centre
51.754958, -1.100811
Location descriptions
  • M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
  • M40 southbound within J8A
Feed validity status
Planned
Overall feed start
Thu, Oct 1, 2026 9:15 PM
Overall feed end
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 5:00 AM
Feed window length
7 hours 45 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

17 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
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
{54F7A2A6-1367-4237-9188-A35EDF7706AD}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
1,367 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
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51.760157 -1.105429
51.759565 -1.1056
51.758964 -1.105743
51.758299 -1.105843
51.75776 -1.105882
51.75714 -1.105938
51.756394 -1.105953
51.756043 -1.105928
51.755116 -1.105862
51.754414 -1.105746
51.753731 -1.105601

Segment 2

3 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
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
{97230C1A-00BF-4E14-8292-1459280F31E6}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
1,185 m
To Distance
1,234 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
51.743854 -1.099389
51.743755 -1.099293
51.743483 -1.099009

Segment 3

15 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
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
{97230C1A-00BF-4E14-8292-1459280F31E6}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
1,183 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
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51.750654 -1.104357
51.749281 -1.103558
51.748848 -1.103292
51.74798 -1.102744
51.747058 -1.102081
51.746127 -1.10139
51.745276 -1.100683
51.744871 -1.100329
51.744416 -1.099932
51.743866 -1.099401

Segment 4

6 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound between J9 and J8A
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
{6AFB220C-CB13-407C-9120-3CD7A4B75D62}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
1,474 m
To Distance
1,904 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
51.769578 -1.101678
51.769498 -1.101713
51.76879 -1.102027
51.767257 -1.102681
51.766648 -1.102939
51.765841 -1.103274

Segment 5

7 coordinate pairs
Description
M40 southbound within J8A
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
{80128F11-2B65-42BA-B292-0393122F38CA}
Linear Element Type
B Carriageway
From Distance
0 m
To Distance
419 m
Gml Srs Name
EPSG::4326
Gml Srs Dimension
2
Raw coordinate list 
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51.740337 -1.095668
Geometry type
MultiLineString
Geometry points
48
First coordinate pair
-1.103274, 51.765841
Road section segments
1
Road section points
48
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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, Sep 22, 2026 1:03 PM
Record versioned
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 4:16 AM
Coordinate source
Geometry

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