"John Rowland" wrote in message
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Paul Scott wrote:

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?

Is this why there is a long sliproad at the M25/A217 junction ?

No, when the M25 was widened here, this slip was made
longer here to avoid it being too steep. (and perhaps to add
some queueing space for the traffic light controlled
roundabout it meets.

tim