Editing M11 motorway (section)

===Abortive/suspended proposals===
====Junction 5====
An official plan to add north-facing connections at junction 5 in [[Debden, Epping Forest|Debden]], [[Loughton]] was abandoned in 1998.<ref>{{cite web
 |date=15 August 1998 
 |access-date=2 February 2008 
 |url=http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/archive/display.var.72793.0.taking_road_safety_to_the_extreme.php
 |title=Taking Road Safety to the Extreme 
}}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

====Junctions 6 to 8====
{{Infobox Future Infrastructure Project
|property_name = M11 Junction 6 to 8 widening
|location = Essex
|proposer = Highways Agency
|official website =
|status = suspended
|type = road
|estimated cost = £698 million (2007)
|planned start =
|planned finish =
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|image_size = 200px
|caption = A map showing the 2009 proposal for widening of the M11 and surrounding road proposals
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The Highways Agency tabled proposals to upgrade the M11, between junction 6 and 8, from three lanes plus hard shoulder to four each way with an estimated cost of £698 million given in 2007.<ref name=HA3>

{{cite web
 |url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/16629.aspx 
 |title=M11 Junctions 6 to 8 Improvements Original Proposal 
 |publisher=[[Highways Agency]] 
 |access-date=7 November 2008 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201144408/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/16629.aspx 
 |archive-date=1 December 2008 
}}</ref>
A number of public consultations were made throughout 2007<ref name=HA4>
{{cite web
 |url=http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/14466.aspx 
 |title=M11 Junctions 6 to 8 Improvements 
 |publisher=[[Highways Agency]] 
 |access-date=7 November 2008 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015175140/http://www.highways.gov.uk/roads/projects/14466.aspx 
 |archive-date=15 October 2008 
}}</ref> and although efforts were made to limit environmental damage the scheme would cause disruption and loss of habitat to three designated ecological areas and a [[Site of Special Scientific Interest|Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)]] at Gernon Bushes.<ref name=HA1 /> Maps of the proposal and previously discounted options were published by the Highways Agency. Plans were abandoned in March 2009 when the [[Secretary of State for Transport]] announced that no changes would be made to this section of motorway before 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/press/speechesstatements/statements/roadrailcapacityeastengland |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090511024539/http://www.dft.gov.uk/press/speechesstatements/statements/roadrailcapacityeastengland |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-05-11 |title=Road and rail capacity (East of England) |publisher=Department for Transport }}</ref>