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In this section you can find out more about how we manage and maintain these roads and plan for the future
The Project Control Framework
On 1st April 2008 we launched the Project Control Framework. The Framework sets out how we, together with the Department for Transport, manage and deliver major improvement projects.
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Background
Background
The M25 is one of Europe's busiest motorways, handling around 200,000 vehicles every day. It is at the core of our network and is suffering from increasing congestion levels and journey times.
The London Orbital Multi Model Study (ORBIT), published in 2002, was tasked with addressing the problems of the M25 motorway and the orbital transport corridor around London. It involved widespread public consultation and looked at the current problems and potential solutions to them. The study concluded that if current trends were to continue, traffic levels would increase and all users, including those essential to the economy, would suffer increasing congestion and unreliable journey times.
The ORBIT report recommended that most of the dual 3 lane sections of the M25 should generally be widened to dual 4 lanes.
The M25 DBFO (Design Build Finance Operate) contract is a 30 year project which includes widening / upgrading works as well as operation and maintenance activities.
You can find out more about M25 DBFO here.Five sections of the M25 have been identified for widening works under M25 DBFO, with J27 to J30 being Section 4.
The other sections are:
- Section 1 M25 Jct 16 to 23 (M40 - A1 (M)) - 35 km
- Section 2 M25 Jct 5 to 7 (M26 - M23/Redhill) - 17 km
- Section 3 M25 Jct 1b to 3 (Dartford - M20) - 5 km
- Section 5 M25 Jct 23 to 27 (A1 (M) - M11) - 27 km
