"verbena" wrote in message
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Oh
yeah...http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v...908083&style=a...

I see a whole new hobby here, finding bit of modern roads that have
been closed, abandoned junction plans etc. There was an interesting
claim in the local paper last week that ground work was actually
undertaken for services betweeb J's 9 and 10 on the M25. This has been
controversial for some years now as locals are worried what effect a
motorway services would have on their million pound plus properties.
Now someone has said that hew was actually engaged in test drilling
back in hte 1980's, before the plan was even officially mooted.


I can think of a few sites on the motorway network where services have been
planned since the very start of construction, a good example is on the M27
at Fareham West, where the the westbound off slip is nearly a mile long
with further slip roads easily visible, and the eastbound on slip is
paralled by about half a mile of road for access to the future services.
Been there 30 years now so why do the Nimbys always seem so surprised?

Paul