Monday 11 December 2017

M5

How many times have you been stuck in traffic between Junction 27 and Junction 29 of the M5? Probably more times than you care to remember. Only last Friday, the M5 was closed again for several hours.


Aggregate Industries’ plans for Straitgate Farm involve hauling as-dug sand and gravel between these two junctions: 105,000 truck movements over 10-12 years, up to 200 HGV journeys per day, to-ing and fro-ing to Uffculme and back, operating on an orchestrated campaign basis.

How well would AI’s plans work when there are queues, delays or closures on the M5?

How many times does this happen? Twitter gives us a clue.

Has AI really thought this through?