That gave the A43 southbound traffic free access to the roundabout, as there was no traffic to give way to. Nearest town: 2.58m from Chalfont Saint Peter. Coupled with the cost of the new scheme that seems a lot of cash to make what will eventually be very little change (other than the hideous bendy slip road onto the Northbound M40 - although at least that serves the purpose of preventing northbound M40 traffic from crossing traffic leaving the M40).What is the problem? I often use the old road via Weston-in-the-Green and country lanes near Fritwell to avoid it.They have finally seen sense! Junction 7 is a restricted junction with the A329 serving Thame and the A40. Find Supermarkets near M40 Junction 7, get reviews, directions, opening hours and payment details. It's not smoother, it's not an improvement in width or speed of sliproads (in fact, lorries are now prone to tipping over on the sliproads), it doesn't make access to the services any easier... it makes, in short, no positive changes at all to the junction. M1. This will make things much safer as one of the major problems it suffers is people tearing round those three queue-free roundabouts at dangerously high speeds.I notice you have updated the page to reflect recent developments, but these haven't helped a great deal. This must mean that there is a direct route from there to the M40 south (once again), without having to pass through the service area.Throw in some traffic lights (I can't remember exactly where) and it's a great improvement. Then close the curved southbound on-slip to the north. So they still have not got it right. The whole thing was misconceived, and the A34 - M40 - A43 route, hugely popular with freight from the coast heading for the M1 at Northampton should have been made free-flowing, merging into and out of a 4 lane stretch of the M40 between the two junctions.Isn't there now supposed to be an Oxbridge Corridor route being planned?I'm sure that years ago, traffic coming from the services going south on the M40 had their own slip road and there was another one close by for all the other traffic.This test helps to prevent automated spam submissions.Last year we reported on an experimental "3D" zebra crossing. I hate it.Drove through here last Saturday evening (northbound, from M40 to A43) and found it has changed - as per comments from Richard Wale in February and Marcus M.Southbound traffic from A43 to M40 now has to bear left at this northern roundabout, and left again at the second roundabout. The previous set of four straight sliproads have been replaced by five sharply curved, narrow ones.But what is most shocking about this junction is that at the northernmost roundabout, traffic from the A43 onto the M40 crosses traffic from the M40 north to the A43 — leaving north-eastbound traffic queuing northbound around two roundabouts and back onto the M40 northbound carriageway, even outside busy periods. This is one of the waypoints on the main freight route from Southampton to the north east.The junction has been rebuilt since it was first listed in Bad Junctions.
This would prevent almost all of the congestion at this junction. As someone who uses the B430 it usually did not take much time to get past the M40 junction once past Baynards Green.
The exiting slip road on the southbound M40 at J7 is for "Works Traffic Only" to a depot. Click 'Add to favourites' to store any of the M40 Junction 7 hotels for later viewing. Hotels near M40 Junction 7. The J10 M40/A43 'improvements' were designed to fail, and they have, spectacularly!Now, at last, some of the idiocy is being reversed on the east side to remove one of the 'crossovers' - when will they do the same on the west side and restore the original northbound M40 access slip road?I do remember once when I was at a friends house, who used to work in the Department for Transport, and their Midlands planning division. Find coordinates for many junctions on the UK motorway network. Reason: Road marking works are planned. I was at his house and I noticed a file on his desk which was titled 'A43 Expressway - Grade Separation M40 to M1'. Lane closures: Lanes 2 and 3 will be closed. I hate this junction...The only improvement I can see with the new layout is that A43 to M40 (northbound) traffic no longer conflicts with M40 (northbound) to A43 traffic - but is that really an issue? Support Nearby : Motorway Junction Finder. It was built in 1991 as a regular two-roundabout dumbbell junction, but the improvements produced this. Whilst he was out of the room, I took a peek, I just couldn't help it! You've said it all here but I would dearly love to know what bunch of numpties were responsible for the design. If that were topped off with a new off-slip for the services sited south of the junction, you remove the other major traffic conflict. Presumably when traffic gets bad enough northbound, these will act as 'ramp metering' — allowing bursts of traffic off the A43 southbound, creating gaps in the flow that will give northbound traffic a chance to get through.There is also a new 50mph limit applying to the whole junction. M40 junctions 7 to 6 southbound Response to a request for information about current road maintenance policy, road safety inspections, defect and repair history. I wonder how much the original improvement scheme cost?
Lanes Closed: There will be two of three lanes closed. Consequently, both M40 and B430 northbound on to the A43 joined forces at the M40 northbound exit roundabout, and was faced with the traffic leaving the A43 to join M40 south, where it had right of way.Took me two hours to drive the six miles up the B430 that day.I am puzzled by the layout of this junction. Looks like the very solution you proposed on here - closing the northernmost slip onto the southbound M40 and preventing the two streams of traffic from crossing - is what's being built. Access is limited allowing exit for only northbound traffic and entry only for southbound traffic. Click on 'More info' to see more pictures and to check availability on any of our listed M40 Junction 7 hotels.