Posted on 16/09/2018 19:15
Came up the M6 toll this afternoon and presented my tariff of £5:30 I was a little on the slow side in handing my club membership card to the kiosk attendant when she said that will be £8:60.
As I handed her my club card she said we can only use it up to the end of this year, has any member heard of this (my membership card expires end of September)
Posted on 05/11/2018 16:49
Came through today and the operative on the toll booth happened to mention to me that it would be ending soon so they are obviously trying to prepare people to avoid problems later. Having travelled down from Chester today the entire M6 seems to have a 50mph speed limit whilst they convert it to a so called Smart Motorway. In comparison the M6 Toll was an oasis of calm and well worth the money.
David
Posted on 05/11/2018 16:49 by DavidKlyneCame through today and the operative on the toll booth happened to mention to me that it would be ending soon so they are obviously trying to prepare people to avoid problems later. Having travelled down from Chester today the entire M6 seems to have a 50mph speed limit whilst they convert it to a so called Smart Motorway. In comparison the M6 Toll was an oasis of calm and well worth the money.
David
Posted on 05/11/2018 17:22
You're right, David. We've had to use it on a regular basis and it seems like it's had a 50mph speed limit on it for years and years! Don't like using it with the MH due to the concrete barriers at the side of the inside lane. Still, IIRC the roadworks between jn 16-19 are due to finish next March, hurrah! No doubt they'll find a new stretch to "upgrade" somewhere else to take its place though 
Posted on 05/11/2018 17:22 by InaDYou're right, David. We've had to use it on a regular basis and it seems like it's had a 50mph speed limit on it for years and years! Don't like using it with the MH due to the concrete barriers at the side of the inside lane. Still, IIRC the roadworks between jn 16-19 are due to finish next March, hurrah! No doubt they'll find a new stretch to "upgrade" somewhere else to take its place though
Posted on 05/11/2018 18:28
We came north to Cheshire today, via the M5/6 we knew it would be bad. We were taken through one section south of Brum on a rolling road block due to some very narrow sections, then the massive roadworks on the Oldbury Viaduct followed by the 50mph restrictions on the M6. This bit I noted today will not now be finished till 2022! If you can use the toll it will be worth it just to avoid the continuing disruptions.
Posted on 05/11/2018 18:28 by brueWe came north to Cheshire today, via the M5/6 we knew it would be bad. We were taken through one section south of Brum on a rolling road block due to some very narrow sections, then the massive roadworks on the Oldbury Viaduct followed by the 50mph restrictions on the M6. This bit I noted today will not now be finished till 2022! If you can use the toll it will be worth it just to avoid the continuing disruptions.
Posted on 05/11/2018 18:38
This bit I noted today will not now be finished till 2022! If you can use the toll it will be worth it just to avoid the continuing disruptions.
Brue, IIRC the roadworks which finish in 2022 are the ones between jn 13-15, aren't they? So using the toll won't help with those unfortunately. or am I misunderstanding the bit you referred to?
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Posted on 05/11/2018 18:43 by brueNo I was just thinking of the whole M6/M5 journey if you can avoid even a part of it at present. It was so bad last year that we used the toll even though it was a diversion for us.
Posted on 05/11/2018 18:52
Ok, I see what you mean. Yes, the roadworks make that journey a real messy affair. We went to Devon in September, and also noticed the bit on the M5, at the Brum end, where there is a 30mph speed limit, must admit, that was a first! Have seen enough 40mph limits, but until then never a 30!
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