# Lv5+ A303 Andover - Closure needed
**URL:** https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/lv5-a303-andover-closure-needed/156896
**Category:** UK Editor Requests
**Created:** [November 17, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/lv5-a303-andover-closure-needed/156896 "2017-11-17T13:32:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@theMadcabbie](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/theMadcabbie)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/lv5-a303-andover-closure-needed/156896/1 "2017-11-17T13:32:14Z")
[Please see here](https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=row&lon=-1.51559&lat=51.20859&zoom=5&segments=121887870&mapProblem=3%2F4888869)
Road closure needed for tonight.
M
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### Author:  [@ditchi56](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ditchi56)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/lv5-a303-andover-closure-needed/156896/2 "2017-11-17T16:27:29Z")
It’s a Highways England closure so Closure Monitor ought to pick it up. I’ll try to remember to check this evening.
Ian
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### Author:  [@ditchi56](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ditchi56)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/lv5-a303-andover-closure-needed/156896/3 "2017-11-17T20:45:50Z")
Upon further investigation (on [roadworks.org](http://roadworks.org)) it looks like it’s only closing one lane of the slip road. So Monitor shouldn’t pick it up - and it hasn’t 🙂
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### Author:  [@theMadcabbie](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/theMadcabbie)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/lv5-a303-andover-closure-needed/156896/4 "2017-11-18T01:09:41Z")
Hi Ian
I tried to join the A303 at this location this evening and it was closed, I decided to after you saying it was only one lane to risk it - had I followed my gut instinct I’d have headed out on the M4 - this added 1 hour to my journey by going this way.
I’m guessing the reason the Highways England closure / Closure monitor didn’t pick it up was that it was just the ramp that was closed. Interestly when I swapped to Google Maps this Ramp / Slip Road was closed -
Where are they getting their data feed from… I thought it was via Waze !!!
Mark
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### Author:  [@ditchi56](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/ditchi56)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2017, 8:51am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/lv5-a303-andover-closure-needed/156896/5 "2017-11-18T08:51:57Z")
Sorry to hear of your delay.
It’s sad that Highways England can’t produce consistently reliable data. The entry - from data HE provided - on [roadworks.org](http://roadworks.org) seemed quite clear when I looked at it, only one lane closed, not the whole slip road. Unfortunately it’s gone now so I can’t go back and check.
I’m guessing that the feed Monitor looks at looked the same as [roadworks.org](http://roadworks.org) - only a lane closure and not a full road closure.
Monitor does frequently close slip roads, and not just on motorways. [Here is an A303 slip](https://www.waze.com/en-GB/editor/?zoom=5&lat=51.200000&lon=-1.447200&segments=121885958&guid=1425465&from=51.2027,-1.4498&to=51.2004,-1.4486&marker=true&future=1) it closed last night.
Obviously we can’t close whole roads when there’s just a lane closure, otherwise we’d shut half the motorway network each night! I don’t think there’s anything to be done except bemoan the unreliability of HE data - while still acknowledging that it’s right enough of the time to make it better to use than to ignore it.
Ian