Don’t worry we won’t send you spam or share your email address with anyone. If there is funding, a second part will begin, upgrading the northbound entrance and the A41 southbound entrance.After J1a the motorway is four lanes, and carries on for 3 miles (4.8 km) until it reaches J2 for the A355 to Slough and the A40 to Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross. The MSA, which opened in 2009, was the first to have a pub, which opened in … Reason: Congestion. Food (20) | Petrol (3) | Lodging (2) MAP M40 junction: J13 Northbound exit: Leamington Spa | | Southbound exit: Leamington Spa Food (4) | Petrol (1) | Lodging (1) MAP M40 junction: J12 Northbound exit: Gaydon | | Southbound exit: Gaydon Food (1) | Petrol (2) | Lodging (0) MAP M40 junction: J11 Nearest town: 1.42m from High Wycombe. Location: The M40 southbound exit slip at junction J4 (High Wycombe) . The recovery operation after a crash involving a car and a lorry between junction 2 at Beaconsfield and 1A at … version of this document in a more accessible format, please email A response to a request made under the Freedom of Information Act about accident data.Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. The M40 runs from London to Birmingham via Oxford, but it's really two separate projects from two different eras. Beaconsfield services were opened in 2009 and are operated by Extra. The design and execution of the revised design of new junction is greatly derided, mostly because of the three roundabouts giving no priority to the main flow of traffic, (A43-M40 London), and the slip roads off and onto the motorway (except the one accessed via the services) have sharp turns and adverse cambers, which results lorries frequently tipping over and spilling their loads especially on the roundabout at the end of the northern carriageway. On the 20mile (32km) section between Loudwater (junction 3) and Wheatley (junction 8) there are a number of sizeable communities and 21 identified Noise Important Areas. Status : Pending. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. M40 Junction 2 Southbound Slip Road (Beaconsfield Services) Response to a request for information about accident data. A force spokesman said: "The M40 remains closed northbound between junctions 8 and 8A northbound following a serious collision. All those injured have been taken to hospital. Return to normal: Normal traffic conditions are expected between 07:00 and 07:15 on 12 Aug 2020. Response to a request for information about accident data. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. M40/M42 interchange: smart motorway. Reason : Road marking works are planned. Schedule : From 19:00 on 19 August 2020 to 07:00 on 20 August 2020. This is a restricted junction; the only flows are from the westbound M40 to the A40 and from the A40 to the London-bound M40. The junction fails to perform its function as an effective traffic junction. Traffic levels on the M40 are having a significant impact on the quality of life of the communities living along this route.

Improving the M40 and M42 motorways between M42 junction 3 and 4 and M40 junction 16 by making it a smart motorway. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. The M40 had been expected to be the last major motorway, but in 1986 the Conservative government announced a major new road-building scheme, Beginning in 1997, the motorway was widened to dual-four-lane between J1A and J3 (High Wycombe East) under a Work to separate local and long-distance traffic at J4 was completed in 2007, including a new dedicated left-turn slip lane between the A404 Marlow Bypass and the Oxford-bound M40; additional lanes on the slip roads entering the roundabout; an additional lane between the A404 Marlow Hill and the London-bound M40; and a five-lane cross-link between the M40 and the A404(S).In August 2010 work started on J9, upgrading the southbound exit slip road to three lanes, and similar widening on the connecting A34 and A41 junctions.