Delays at a junction of the M1 on the Nottinghamshire border are costing the economy more than £4.5million a year, a transport body has said. Midlands Connect said its research showed there are more than 1,100 hours of delay in peak periods at junction 28.
MPs discussed the junction, which lies near Sutton-in-Ashfield, in Westminster Hall on Wednesday, January 11, and have called for government action. Ben Bradley MP, leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, said he hoped for an intervention into the "vital artery".
Midlands Connect, a government-funded body, said it calculated the economic impact of the delays by using a model that assesses the lost value of time for cars, vans, and HGVs, for business, commuting and leisure journeys to the wider economy.
