SRN air quality battle hits new barrier25/09/2023 A dispute has broken out between National Highways and the suppliers of a roadside barrier with a coating designed to tackle toxic air pollution that was trialled on the strategic road network. |
M1 smart motorway to get another 12 emergency areas31/05/2023 National Highways will begin work in June to add 12 emergency areas on an all lane running smart motorway stretch of the M1 in South Yorkshire. |
Two new sections of smart motorway open06/12/2022 National Highways has fully opened two new stretches of all lane running (ALR) smart motorway, including completion of a 32-mile section of the M4. |
'World first' barrier to protect M1 bridge20/09/2022 In what is said to be a world first, one of the UK’s oldest motorway footbridges has been given increased protection with a new concrete barrier providing the highest containment level from the lowest working width. |
'Minimal' environmental impacts vary between junction upgrade options04/11/2021 National Highways has put forward three options to improve the M1/M62 Lofthouse interchange near Leeds for public consultation. |
M1-A6 link gets £33m Govt cash after council battle subsides20/10/2021 Ministers have finally released £33m of Local Growth Fund cash for a new road linking the M1 near Luton to the A6. |
M1 smart motorway 'will ease congestion'14/09/2021 National Highways is continuing work to convert a new section of the M1 to an all lane running smart motorway which will link to a section of smart motorway that has been found to have increased journey times. |
Injuries increase on smart motorway scheme08/09/2021 A new report on a smart motorway section of the M1 has revealed that the absolute number of personal injury collisions rose during the last two years of the period studied to a level higher than the annual average before the scheme opened. |
£40m link road job up for grabs16/08/2019 Central Bedfordshire Council is looking for a contractor to build a new ink road between the A6 north of Luton and the M1. |
Highways England 'ready' for drone threat11/02/2019 Highways England has insisted that it has robust processes to deal with individuals deliberately disrupting the strategic road network (SRN) and other unplanned events following the Gatwick drone incident. |
Highways England to start £373m smart motorway scheme12/07/2018 A £373m scheme to upgrade a 23-mile section of the M1 to an all lane running smart motorway is to start next month. |
New project manager for McCann27/09/2016 Leading construction firm McCann has appointed Andy Cunnington as project manager to work on the M1 smart motorway upgrade. |
Bridges to be demolished as part of A5-M1 Link scheme02/09/2016 Two bridges over the M1 near Dunstable will be demolished this month as Highways England progresses with work on the £162 million A5-M1 Link scheme. |
Video shows work to create new M1 bridges20/05/2016 A timelapse video showing giant steel beams being lifted into place over the M1 near Dunstable has been released by Highways England. |
Smart motorway goes live on M104/04/2016 The final phase of a £205 million upgrade of the M1 to a smart motorway between the East Midlands and South Yorkshire has gone live. |
Bridge beams to be lifted into place over M114/03/2016 Thirty-eight giant steel bridge beams will be lifted into place over the M1 near Dunstable during March and April as part of a £162 million road project to boost Bedfordshire’s economy. |
Final phase of £120m smart motorway goes live01/02/2016 The final phase of a new £120 million smart motorway has gone live on the M1 near Wakefield. |
Great crested newts found on M110/12/2015 Large numbers of great crested newts have been found on the M1 smart motorway scheme. |
First phase of Wakefield smart motorway to go live25/11/2015 Drivers will be able to use an extra lane on a section of the M1 near Wakefield ahead of a new smart motorway going live next month. |
Two die in M1 crash12/10/2015 Two men have died in a crash on the M1 this morning (Monday 12 October) after a car was reported to have travelled the wrong way down the motorway. |
Call to scrap All Lane Running as smart motorway deaths rise
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Auditors warned over relief road 'iceberg'
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