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The M25 motorway near Heathrow, showing a MIDAS installed gantry. In 1995, a contract was awarded to widen the section between junctions 8 and 10 from six to eight lanes at a cost of £93.4 million, [62] and a Motorway Incident Detection and Automatic Signalling (MIDAS) system was introduced from junction 10 to junction 15 in 1995, at a cost of ...
In the early 1980s, when the interchange was being built, the entire M25 was to cost around £600m. The southern part of the M4/M25 interchange was part of a 2.05-mile section of the M25 which was due to open in spring 1985, the Poyle to Thorney Mill Road section, from junction 14 (Poyle Interchange) to junction 15.
London Orbital or the M25 is a motorway ... following extensive road protests and a rise in costs. In 1986 the single-ring, M25 motorway was completed as a compromise ...
The final link in the M25 motorway around London – between London Colney and South Mimms – was opened to traffic by then-prime minister Margaret Thatcher at 9.30am on 29 October 1986.
The M25’s weekend closure on Britain’s busiest motorway has been in place since Friday from 9pm while concrete beams for a new bridge are installed. It will reopen at 6am on Monday.
Watch: Closed M25 drone footage captures workers demolishing bridge. 01:00, Athena Stavrou. Motorway reopens ahead of schedule. Sunday 17 March 2024 23:28, Athena Stavrou. Historic work on the M25 ...
Thurrock services is a motorway service station in Thurrock, Essex, serving the M25 motorway, and the Dartford Crossing (A282). It was planned in the mid-1980s and opened after the M25 was completed. Originally popular, the services have gradually deteriorated and have attracted criticism for poor facilities.
The M25 protests brought the motorway to a standstill over four consecutive days in November 2022 [Just Stop Oil / PA] ... and cost the Metropolitan Police more than £1.1m.