Orange/purple pipes by the M3 Chobham

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Fri 21 Nov 2014 15:58
Orange/purple pipes by the M3 Chobham - mss1tw

Anyone seen the miles and miles of orange pipes on the fence running by the road?

What on earth is it for?

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Fri 21 Nov 2014 16:06
Orange/purple pipes by the M3 Chobham - jc2

Orange pipes are usually gas.

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Fri 21 Nov 2014 16:56
Orange/purple pipes by the M3 Chobham - RT

Purple is for communications cables, to connect VMS and cameras back to control room.

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Fri 21 Nov 2014 17:31
Orange/purple pipes by the M3 Chobham - mss1tw

Purple is for communications cables, to connect VMS and cameras back to control room.

Makes sense! Cheers

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Fri 21 Nov 2014 17:13
Orange/purple pipes by the M3 Chobham - RobJP

Orange pipes are usually gas.

YELLOW for gas !

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Fri 21 Nov 2014 17:45
Orange/purple pipes by the M3 Chobham - Doc

Orange:

Electrical?

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Fri 21 Nov 2014 18:09
Orange/purple pipes by the M3 Chobham - daveyjp
Purple is fibre optic cable. M1 has it installed along the top of the new concrete central reservation for hard shoulder running control system.
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Sat 22 Nov 2014 21:45
Orange/purple pipes by the M3 Chobham - Ed V

And what is meant by a new "smart motorway" as from December?

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Sat 22 Nov 2014 23:01
Orange/purple pipes by the M3 Chobham - alan1302

And what is meant by a new "smart motorway" as from December?

Gantrys over the top of the motorway changing the speed limits depending on the condition to try and improve the flow of traffic.

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Sun 23 Nov 2014 08:06
Orange/purple pipes by the M3 Chobham - RT

Managed Motorway System (MMS) / Active Traffic Management (ATM) are some of the other names, as above with variable speed limits and possible All Lanes Running (ALR) / Hard Shoulder Running (HSR) to effectively "widen" the motorway at peak periods.

It seems to work well on the M42 and M6 in the Midlands but it can't perform miracles.

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