There is this road work going on at J2 on M3. It has been there since June last year, as far as I can remember, and Highway Agency and all other sources kept telling us that it would be completed by the end of December '07. All this time the traffic news kept informing the "sever delays" on the spot, every minute of every day, even when it was not so severely congested.
Now the deadline has been and gone, the work is nowhere near being completed. There are hundreds of traffic cones still blocking the lane, causing everyone to slow down, with two temporary speed cameras effectively causing the natural congestion. There still is minimum of 10 minutes delay from J1 to J3.
However, according to Highway Agency and ALL other sources, the work has been completed now and all the delays causing substances are scrapped, and there is no blockage at J2 on M3. None. Nada. There was not a single traffic news reporting ANY delay for the spot since 1/1/08, as if the very visible traffic cones and speed cameras and emergency recovery areas are all the products of mirage.
Not meeting the deadline is a norm and we all take that like bitches and never moan, but faking the road work's completion and PRETENDING the work not to be existing is just taking the piss. Or is it some sort of a conspiracy? Are we all being experimented for some government scheme?
Traffic news are as useless as weather reports, with different reasons, but in the same effect.
