KarlM:
According to staff at Stafford South, there is no service road to the local roads from their services, and it’s one of two in the country like that (he wasn’t sure where the other one is). Said its a nightmare when there is a crash as one shift is stuck in traffic on their way in. Then when the current shift go home, they get stuck in it too.
This is correct, apparently - according to local knowledge / made up crap (take your pick) the farmer who owned the land it was built on was rather peeved at the low compulsory purchase price he got for it so out of spite he refused permission for any kind of access road through the adjacent fields which he also owned but were not part of the compulsory purchase hence it being completely cut off from the road network other than the M6 South.
going back about 20yrs or more, stopped in the M4 services reading (east) for a pee, when a French lorry managed to roll it across both the inbound and outbound slip roads. After 1hr or so the police let us drive over the grass to get out. French driver was way over the limit.
xichrisxi:
All services have some sort of other access road for emergency services,H&S bs normally means they have to be kept clear hence the reason for police not liking them being used by public.
No they don’t - As mentioned earlier, Stafford South on the M6 has no access road other than via the Motorway sliproads.
xichrisxi:
All services have some sort of other access road for emergency services,H&S bs normally means they have to be kept clear hence the reason for police not liking them being used by public.
No they don’t - As mentioned earlier, Stafford South on the M6 has no access road other than via the Motorway sliproads.
Stafford North doesn’t have one either.
Yes it does - via the staff car park. You can’t normally use it because the barrier (between public and staff car parks) is closed, but it’s certainly there.
xichrisxi:
All services have some sort of other access road for emergency services,H&S bs normally means they have to be kept clear hence the reason for police not liking them being used by public.
No they don’t - As mentioned earlier, Stafford South on the M6 has no access road other than via the Motorway sliproads.
Stafford North doesn’t have one either.
Yes it does - via the staff car park. You can’t normally use it because the barrier (between public and staff car parks) is closed, but it’s certainly there.
xichrisxi:
All services have some sort of other access road for emergency services,H&S bs normally means they have to be kept clear hence the reason for police not liking them being used by public.
No they don’t - As mentioned earlier, Stafford South on the M6 has no access road other than via the Motorway sliproads.
Stafford North doesn’t have one either.
Yes it does - via the staff car park. You can’t normally use it because the barrier (between public and staff car parks) is closed, but it’s certainly there.
DickyNick:
It dawned on me last night when I was in a diversion from the M6. What happens if you drive into services, then by the time you want to come out that stretch of the motorway has been shut for roadworks? Do they just have the entry road out of the services shut off as well so you physically can’t until it reopens?
m6 was shut other night to repair broughton bridge , I went to leave Lancaster srvs at 2 am , exit blocked and chap in car , he escorted me down through works , just rang ahead and warned them we were comming
, just needed to move truck out of 3 rd lane so we could get through
Couldn’t give a fig what Google Maps says TBH - the access road is there and normally closed via a barrier. But if you really must live your life via Google Maps, just try clicking on “Satellite view” and all will be revealed
