M1 Northbound Trowell Services Sliproad

[princepugh]

Out of interest, does anybody regularly visit these services going North-bound?

Noticed a small problem with the slip-road per-chance, like people going onto the hard shoulder thinking it’s the slip-road?

[Murphy]

Not noticed really, but drivers in our region leave a little to be desired so it comes as no surprise.

[princepugh]

Think the problem is the widening to 4 lanes, which in general is brilliant, however, they've had to run some sections with no hard shoulder due to road-side objects, such as bridge footings. That's ok but the white line which leads the hard shoulder back into play after the obstruction immediately before Trowell suggests it's the actual slip-road to the services, which it actually isn't.

I spoke to one of those Traffic patrol officers about it and he said the problem has been noted and that, in-fact, he'd had someone running down that hard shoulder whilst he was parked up attending to something__scary.

I did it myself a few weeks ago at night and couldn't understand what had happened, until I saw in again in the daytime..