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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines
Posted by: Andrew Jones
Date/Time: 05/02/26 14:02:00

"It would never have been engineered nor built to meet a limit. It would have been built to some number exceeding a limit to ensure a lifeline and dead stop traffic. There is always a degree of compensation."

When they built the road they would have had a speed limit in mind surely? If you build a road that is capable of carrying a steady stream of traffic at 70mph, but choose to limit the traffic to a speed of 30mph, then that road is over-engineered for its intended purpose. Yes there will be compensation, of course, but if the traffic on the westway was travelling faster it would be wearing down the road more quickly.

The joints have deteriorated over the years. They're old. They are going to deteriorate more quickly because of that. And there is more traffic now then there was in the 1970s.

And as previously mentioned, the vehicles are a lot heavier.

Didn't someone mention HS2 and Edgeware Road(sic) earlier?

Oh, and the A40 isn't a ring road. It starts near St Pauls in the City of London and finishes in Fishguard.

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£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines29/01/26 17:00:00 Jeremy Parkinson
   Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines30/01/26 10:18:00 David Lesniak
      Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines31/01/26 11:30:00 Sarah Smith
         Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines31/01/26 12:13:00 Jeremy Parkinson
            Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines31/01/26 17:55:00 Sarah Smith
         Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines31/01/26 12:27:00 David Lesniak
            Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines31/01/26 15:19:00 Mike Smith
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines01/02/26 07:26:00 David Lesniak
            Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines31/01/26 15:34:00 Steve Taylor
            Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines31/01/26 17:51:00 Sarah Smith
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines31/01/26 18:03:00 Simon Hayes
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines31/01/26 20:47:00 Mark Frost
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines31/01/26 21:26:00 Davy Jones
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines31/01/26 21:55:00 Mark Frost
                           Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines31/01/26 22:56:00 Philippa Bond
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines01/02/26 08:36:00 Sarah Smith
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines01/02/26 11:26:00 Simon Hayes
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines01/02/26 19:14:00 Steve Taylor
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines02/02/26 12:30:00 Andrew Jones
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines02/02/26 13:08:00 Steve Taylor
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines02/02/26 14:04:00 Andrew Jones
                                    Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 11:08:00 Philippa Bond
      Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines01/02/26 19:40:00 Paul James
         Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines02/02/26 11:52:00 David Lesniak
            Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines02/02/26 12:21:00 Janice Evans
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines02/02/26 12:54:00 Andrew Jones
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 10:38:00 Janice Evans
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 10:46:00 Steve Taylor
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 10:49:00 Steve Taylor
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 10:51:00 Janice Evans
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 11:35:00 David Lesniak
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 11:39:00 Paul James
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 11:36:00 Paul James
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 13:29:00 Brian Green
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 14:13:00 Paul James
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 15:14:00 Philippa Bond
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 15:47:00 Jeremy Parkinson
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 18:27:00 Andrew Jones
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 21:18:00 Steve Taylor
                                       Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines03/02/26 22:47:00 Philippa Bond
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines04/02/26 11:25:00 David Lesniak
                                          5,000,000 cement mixers on the Westway04/02/26 13:38:00 Mike Smith
                                             Re:5,000,000 cement mixers on the Westway05/02/26 07:52:00 David Lesniak
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines04/02/26 11:19:00 David Lesniak
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines04/02/26 13:48:00 Paul James
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines04/02/26 11:16:00 David Lesniak
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines04/02/26 17:07:00 Steve Taylor
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines05/02/26 09:33:00 Paul James
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines05/02/26 11:33:00 Andrew Jones
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines05/02/26 12:52:00 Michael Robinson
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines05/02/26 13:37:00 David Lesniak
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines05/02/26 13:59:00 Janice Evans
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines05/02/26 14:02:00 Andrew Jones
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines07/02/26 11:00:00 David Lesniak
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines05/02/26 14:02:00 Paul James
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines05/02/26 16:48:00 Steve Taylor
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines06/02/26 11:52:00 David Lesniak
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:£5,000,000 per annum more in traffic fines07/02/26 11:51:00 Philippa Bond
   Re:  Perhaps fines could also go towards Demand Responsive Transport (DRT)?06/02/26 16:06:00 Philippa Bond

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