New £40m services plan for M1 in South Yorkshire

Site of the proposed service station The site, to the south-west of the junction, is predominantly woodland

Plans have been unveiled for a new £40m motorway service station on the M1 in South Yorkshire.

A 20-acre (eight hectare) site at junction 35 near Chapeltown in Sheffield, which is largely woodland, has been chosen for the development.

Extra Motorway Service Area (MSA) Group said there was a need for services there as drivers were having to go up to 42 miles without the chance to stop.

It said the development would create the equivalent of 300 full-time jobs.

A public consultation on the plans has begun before the company submits a planning application to Sheffield City Council in the autumn.

Safety role

Leaflets have been distributed to nearby homes and two exhibitions are being held at Ecclesfield School on Friday evening and Saturday morning so people can ask questions and make comments.

Andrew Long, chief executive of Extra MSA, said it hoped to be able to start construction work next summer, with completion in the summer of 2015, if planning permission was granted early next year.

He said guidance indicated that for safety, drivers should have the opportunity to stop on a motorway journey every 30 minutes or 12-28 miles depending on traffic conditions.

But drivers coming to the M1 in South Yorkshire from the M18 were having to go 42 miles.

He said: "Motorway service areas, obviously they are a commercial enterprise, but they do also play an important road safety role.

“If people are having to travel in excess of half an hour’s travelling distance between service areas then that can give rise to fatigue-related accidents.”

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I posted this a few days ago, I will never be stopping at this one nor any MSA run by “EXTRA”

Charge £20 for parking and you get nothing

trubster:
I posted this a few days ago, I will never be stopping at this one nor any MSA run by “EXTRA”

Charge £20 for parking and you get nothing

Where do they make the money to pay for it then ? The magical money tree?

Why do you get paid for driving?

28 miles from Woodall to Wooley Edge.
I’d rather have woodland.

Driver-Once-More:
. . . Drivers coming to the M1 in South Yorkshire from the
M18 were having to go 42 miles.

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Where the hell does that mileage come from ?

Has it been invented to mislead the Council Planners ?
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Dieseldoforme:

Driver-Once-More:
. . . Drivers coming to the M1 in South Yorkshire from the
M18 were having to go 42 miles.

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Where the hell does that mileage come from ?

Has it been invented to mislead the Council Planners ?
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From the only msa on the M18 to Wooley Edge on the M1 I presume as that route would then take you past the proposed site, although in reality anyone travelling from Doncaster north services to Wooley would use the m62 or the A roads surely

green456:

Dieseldoforme:

Driver-Once-More:
. . . Drivers coming to the M1 in South Yorkshire from the
M18 were having to go 42 miles.

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Where the hell does that mileage come from ?

Has it been invented to mislead the Council Planners ?
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From the only MSA on the M18 to Woolley Edge Services on the M1 I presume as that route would then take you past the proposed site, although in reality anyone travelling from Doncaster North to Woolley Edge would use the m62 or the A roads surely

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That’s exactly what I thought - although the AA Routing does take you
“South about” for 42 miles and yet “North about” on the M62 is only 39 miles
and it passes Ferrybridge Services after just 19 miles, almost exactly half way.

Anyway, I welcome any improved break options and facilities for Drivers.
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What’s “the equivalent of 300 full time jobs” then ? And I hope you lot are stopping for a rest every thirty minutes. :unamused:

peterm:
What’s “the equivalent of 300 full time jobs” then ?

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1200 Romano-Bulgario-Polish part-time jobs.
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:slight_smile: :slight_smile:

Planning App’s gone in to build and open for next year bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-so … e-26727640

Meanwhile the treehuggers are opposing it yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/mai … -1-6521092 :grimacing:

I’m not surprised it’s being opposed. The M1 is not short of services - whatever the developer may say - and ancient woodland is not something you can just replace by planting 60 000 “lollipop” trees.