Is M23 a smart motorway?
Readers have been expressing their views on the opening of the completed ‘smart motorway’ on the M23 near Gatwick Airport – with many remaining unconvinced about the safety of the scheme. Pauline Lague said: “It felt very scary to drive on the M23 without the safety net if the hard shoulder.
When was the M23 built?
1974
M23/Constructed
How many junctions are on the M23?
The scale of the four-tier junction between the M23 and the M25 – one of only three stack interchanges in the UK – is indicative of the importance attached to the M23 at that time.
Why is M23 still 50mph?
Why is 40mph speed limit still applied on M23. It is meant to be a motorway but speed limit is less than the surrounding A and B roads, adding unnecessary time to journeys.
What is the speed limit for the M23?
There will also be improved Gatwick Airport access, including the removal of traffic lights and an additional access lane towards the airport, and new speed limits on the Gatwick access road, 50mph eastbound to the airport and 70mph eastbound towards the M23.
Where does the M23 start?
The M23 is a motorway in the United Kingdom, running from the south of Hooley in Surrey, where it splits from the A23, to Pease Pottage, south of Crawley in West Sussex where it rejoins the A23.
What Junction on M23 is Gatwick?
Junction 9
By car. Gatwick is 28 miles (45km) south of London, linked directly to the M23 at Junction 9 and to the A23 London-Brighton road.
Where does the northern end of the M23 start?
The northern end of the motorway starts on what is effectively a 2-mile (3.2 km) spur north of junction 7 of the M25 motorway (junction 8 on the M23). From Hooley it runs for 17 miles (27 km) past Redhill, Gatwick Airport and Crawley. A spur runs from junction 9 to Gatwick Airport.
Where is the M23 motorway in the UK?
Motorway in the United Kingdom. The M23 is a motorway in the United Kingdom, running from the south of Hooley in Surrey, where it splits from the A23, to Pease Pottage, south of Crawley in West Sussex where it rejoins the A23.
Who are the mutineers of the M23 rebellion?
Mutineers formed a rebel group called the March 23 Movement (M23), also known as the Congolese Revolutionary Army. It was composed of former members of the rebel CNDP, and allegedly sponsored by the government of the neighbouring states of Rwanda and Uganda.
When did the M23 rebellion in Africa end?
The rebellion was part of continued fighting in the region after the formal end of the Second Congo War in 2003. It broke out in 2012 and continued into 2013, when a peace agreement was made among eleven African nations, and the M23 troops surrendered in Uganda.