Superb idea for Government Infrastructure project - Bypass M62

[Magpie252]

Just for commuting the missus will be in Warrington, can get a train from there to Manchester then onto Leeds. If it turns up it's a close call between getting digs or commuting by train

I did a 5 month gig commuting between Warrington & Bradford, 50 miles, as other have said it’s a nightmare, on a good day 1.5/2 hours (right on my limit for commuting), on a bad day 6 hours+

If you do decide to commute I strongly advise you to avoid the M6/M62 Croft Interchange & the M62 stretch to the M60 , take the A49 Winwick Rd & cut across to the A580 East Lancs. Rd, this joins the M60 just after the M61 junction.

On a good day you won’t save any time, but then good days are 1 in 10 so this will save at least 30min - 1hour.

Traffic is then normally OK until just before the M62/M606 junction for Bradford, I wouldn’t be surprised if it takes a further hour to get into Leeds from there.

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

I did a 5 month gig commuting between Warrington & Bradford, 50 miles, as other have said it’s a nightmare, on a good day 1.5/2 hours (right on my limit for commuting), on a bad day 6 hours+

If you do decide to commute I strongly advise you to avoid the M6/M62 Croft Interchange & the M62 stretch to the M60 , take the A49 Winwick Rd & cut across to the A580 East Lancs. Rd, this joins the M60 just after the M61 junction.

On a good day you won’t save any time, but then good days are 1 in 10 so this will save at least 30min - 1hour.

Traffic is then normally OK until just before the M62/M606 junction for Bradford, I wouldn’t be surprised if it takes a further hour to get into Leeds from there.

That would actually cause me a nervous breakdown......

[MicrosoftBob]

I did a 5 month gig commuting between Warrington & Bradford, 50 miles, as other have said it’s a nightmare, on a good day 1.5/2 hours (right on my limit for commuting), on a bad day 6 hours+

If you do decide to commute I strongly advise you to avoid the M6/M62 Croft Interchange & the M62 stretch to the M60 , take the A49 Winwick Rd & cut across to the A580 East Lancs. Rd, this joins the M60 just after the M61 junction.

On a good day you won’t save any time, but then good days are 1 in 10 so this will save at least 30min - 1hour.

Traffic is then normally OK until just before the M62/M606 junction for Bradford, I wouldn’t be surprised if it takes a further hour to get into Leeds from there.

It's worse than that I'm expecting my missus to give me a lift to the station in Warrington, if I have to drive I'm going to be coming from Denbighshire which will be a complete PITA

I'm just trying to avoid working away from home in London, the missus gets grumpy

[SimonMac]

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Well ok it's a nice idea, but hopelessly naïve. Boring and/or blasting an 8-lane motorway grade road, through the thousands of tons of hard mountain rock at that depth required would be a project overrunning closer to a 20-30 billion, rather than the 5-10 billion the dopers at the DOT would buy into.




Propose it to them, then proj-manage it. You'd be far happier/richer doing that, rather than actually (eventually) using it.

Yeah because doing something like that would be really stupid

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Yeah because doing something like that would be really stupid

So we are all in agreement - it is indeed an awesome idea!

Let's get a petition sorted and a movement. Who knows, CUK could actually make a difference to the world (as well as getting me some lucrative gigs).

[stek]

I did a 5 month gig commuting between Warrington & Bradford, 50 miles, as other have said it’s a nightmare, on a good day 1.5/2 hours (right on my limit for commuting), on a bad day 6 hours+

If you do decide to commute I strongly advise you to avoid the M6/M62 Croft Interchange & the M62 stretch to the M60 , take the A49 Winwick Rd & cut across to the A580 East Lancs. Rd, this joins the M60 just after the M61 junction.

On a good day you won’t save any time, but then good days are 1 in 10 so this will save at least 30min - 1hour.

Traffic is then normally OK until just before the M62/M606 junction for Bradford, I wouldn’t be surprised if it takes a further hour to get into Leeds from there.

If you see the traffic ahead, you can normally take the M606, Rooley Lane to Laisterdyke, towards Leeds to New Pudsey, Stanningley bypass and you're practically in Leeds.

[Magpie252]

There were plans to by-pass the M62 back in the late 80's / early 90's

Pathetic Motorways

They don't build roads & ask us to use Public Transport

Hang on, we still have trains right? Campaigners fury as nine TransPennine Express trains sent south in

[woohoo]

In other words outsource to India

Not all the time. I work from home and see the client on a regular basis, once a month for 3 days. They also know if there is a problem I can be there in a couple of hours if required.