A303 - European Superhighway?

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Sun 28 Oct 2001 11:32
A303 - European Superhighway? - Guy Lacey
Just had a poor journey to Basingstoke and back along the A303.

Two points;

1.) If a road carrying this amount of traffic and also part of the Euro Network were in Spain/Portugal/France/Italy then I'm sure they would already have a 3-lane superhighway in state of the art tarmac - funded by the EU of course. In Blighty we have to struggle along a single carriageway more suited to a B-road across Exmoor. WHY? Is it a case of the Government not matching the EU funding?

2.) A word of warning. The services at Hook on the M3 are the last 24hr services until Hindon. Then there are 24hr stations every 10 miles. Salisbury Plain is not the place to run out of fuel. A "Major" Euro-Route with 80 miles w/o 24hr services. No wonder so many drivers fall asleep at the wheel and wipe out 3 other cars on this road.
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Sun 28 Oct 2001 12:27
Re: A303 - European Superhighway? - Tom Shaw
Accpoding to the AA's latest roadbook, the M4 is now the E30, part of the European road network. Wonder what the EC policy on cones is?
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Sun 28 Oct 2001 18:31
Re: A303 - European Superhighway? - Stuart B
Tom Shaw wrote:
>
> Wonder what the EC policy
> on cones is?

Perhaps we could build a transit camp at Folkestone and hope all the cones claim political asylum after escaping through the tunnel.
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Tue 30 Oct 2001 01:39
Re: A303 - European Superhighway? - ROBIN
We have a national allergy to building roads.
Compared to the Irish this is a very minor allergy.
look at a map of Germany to see what adequate road provision looks like...
And the real joke is.....theres enough money to fix it in about 5 years,but its being wasted on excessive government running costs,not to mention being poured into a ludicrously disorganised NHS.
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