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Smart lights in the road surface which help drivers stay in the right lane have been introduced for the first time at a major motorway junction.
New timelapse footage shows a giant gantry being lifted over the M6 as part of a major technology upgrade which will help improve journeys for thousands of drivers.
Drivers using the M60 in Greater Manchester are now enjoying the benefits of the region’s first smart motorway.
A former military engineer who spent much of his working life travelling the world fixing telecommunications is now enjoying another career with Highways England.
Football mania is expected to leave England motorways with up to a third less traffic tomorrow night.
A new £373m smart motorway upgrade in Northamptonshire which is set to cut congestion and support more than 50,000 new homes in the area starts next month.
130,000 drivers who use the M4 between Hayes and Theale in are set to benefit from a major project to upgrade the road to a smart motorway.
Drivers in the North West are being promised over 100 miles of extra lanes on the region’s motorways to tackle congestion and improve journey times.
A giant 40-metre-wide structure will be lifted into place over the M6 in Cheshire next week to help improve the journeys of the 118,000 drivers who use the route every day.
140,000 drivers who use the M27 between Southampton and Portsmouth every day are set to benefit from a major project to upgrade the road to a smart motorway.
Drivers will be able to use over ten miles of extra lanes on the M62 near Rochdale in time for Christmas.
First phase of M1 smart motorway is now open in the Midlands.
Drivers to benefit from wider lanes on one of the busiest motorways in the region.
A phased opening of Manchester’s new smart motorway is due to start this autumn, tackling congestion and improving journey times for tens of thousands of drivers.
New style highly visible smart motorway emergency areas, where drivers can stop in an emergency, are being trialled on the M25.
New-style highly visible smart motorway emergency areas, where drivers can stop in an emergency, are being rolled out on the M1.
The first of a new-style smart motorway emergency area, where drivers can stop in an emergency, is being trialled on the M3 in Surrey.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Recovery teams have helped over 3,500 drivers get back on the move during the first ten months of the smart motorway scheme in Greater Manchester.
A major investment in technology to help tackle congestion and give better information to drivers across parts of the North West will be completed by the Highways Agency by the end of the month.
15 January 2015: The Highways Agency provided the following statement to a number of media outlets today, following interest in the use of speed camera enforcement systems on sections of smart motorways – this follows intere…
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