M10 motorway in Hertfordshire to be reclassifed
The M10 motorway, which runs between St Albans (A414) and Hemel Hempstead (M1 Junction 8), is to be reclassified as a new section of the A414 from Friday 1 May 2009.
There has been no direct road link between St Albans and Hemel Hempstead for non-motorway traffic since the M10 was completed in 1959. The decision to reclassify this four mile (6.5km) section of motorway will mean that traffic travelling between St Albans and Hemel Hempstead will no longer need to join a motorway at any stage of their journey.
John Dutson, Highways Agency project manager, said:
"The reclassification of the M10 so that it no longer has motorway status is good news for users of smaller motorcycles, learner drivers and others who previously had to make a long detour to avoid the motorway.
"As part of the M1 Junction 6A-10 widening scheme a parallel link road – the new A414 – has been constructed between Junction 7, where the M10 joined the M1, and Junction 8, the exit to Hemel Hempstead.
"Since the completion of the scheme in December of last year we have had temporary black-on-yellow signs directing traffic towards the M10. However, from Friday 1 May, the signs will direct drivers towards the A414 St Albans."
The M10 currently runs between Park Street roundabout near St Albans to Breakspear Roundabout (also known as Green Lane Roundabout) in Hemel Hempstead.
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The statement “there has been no direct road link between St Albans and Hemel Hempstead for non-motorway traffic since the M10 was completed in 1959″ is, with the greatest respect, rubbish. There are a number of roads between the two towns, but the main one is the A4147. The M10/new A414 does not actually go to St Albans proper, but finishes well south of the city at Park Street, and no one in Hemel would dream of taking this route into St Albans (or vice versa). It’s also easy enough to exit the M1 at J8 and pick up the A4147 for St Albans.
Eddie
November 17, 2009, 3:34 pm.
