Smart motorways

Creating, operating and how to drive on smart motorways.

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Guidance and regulation

• Smart motorway evidence stocktake and action plan
  • Guidance
  • 12 March 2020
  • Department for Transport and Closed organisation: Highways England
• ORR quality assurance of all lane running motorway data report: National Highways response
  • Guidance
  • 7 September 2021
  • Closed organisation: Highways England and Office of Rail and Road
• ORR quality assurance of all lane running motorway data report
  • Guidance
  • 7 September 2021
  • Office of Rail and Road

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News and communications

• Plans for new smart motorways cancelled
  • 17 April 2023
  • Department for Transport and National Highways
  • Written statement
• All new smart motorways scrapped
  • 15 April 2023
  • Department for Transport and National Highways
  • News story
• Government to pause rollout of all lane running motorways
  • 12 January 2022
  • Department for Transport and National Highways
  • Written statement
• Smart motorway rollout to be paused as government responds to Transport Committee report
  • 12 January 2022
  • Department for Transport and National Highways
  • News story
• Road update: all lane running motorways
  • 7 September 2021
  • Department for Transport, Office of Rail and Road, and Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Written statement

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Research and statistics

• Smart motorway comparison report: December 2022
  • 15 December 2022
  • Department for Transport
  • Research
• Smart Motorway All Lane Running Overarching Safety Report 2019
  • 12 March 2020
  • Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Research
• POPE of major schemes: M1 junction 39 to 42 smart motorway
  • 12 March 2020
  • Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Research
• POPE of major schemes: M6 junction 5 to 8 smart motorway
  • 12 March 2020
  • Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Research
• POPE of major schemes: M6 junction 8 to 10a smart motorway
  • 12 March 2020
  • Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• M6 junction 16 to 19: introducing variable speed limits
  • 24 February 2016
  • Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 09 August 2015
• M1 junction 19 to junction 16 smart motorway variable speed limits
  • 3 June 2015
  • Closed organisation: Highways Agency
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 30 January 2015
• M1 Junctions 39 to 42 statutory instrument
  • 18 February 2015
  • Closed organisation: Highways Agency
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 09 September 2013
• M1 Junctions 32 to 35a managed motorway scheme
  • 28 January 2015
  • Closed organisation: Highways Agency
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 11 February 2013
• M1 junctions 31 to 32: variable speed limits
  • 28 January 2015
  • Closed organisation: Highways Agency
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 09 December 2013

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• All lanes running Smart Motorway scheme
  • 23 August 2021
  • Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Foi release
• Smart Motorways and POPE studies
  • 15 June 2021
  • Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Foi release
• Go Left Smart Motorway Safety Campaign
  • 15 April 2021
  • Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Foi release
• Highways England Smart motorway network
  • 25 March 2021
  • Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Foi release
• Number of non-fatal RTCs on M25
  • 1 March 2021
  • Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Foi release

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Organisations

• Department for Transport