Senior MP criticises smart motorway safety progress22/04/2021 Highways England has pledged to accelerate safety improvements on smart motorways in its first progress report since a national 'stocktake' of the controversial schemes, though critics say change is not happening fast enough. |
Full safety spec for new all lane running scheme at Simister04/02/2021 Highways England has confirmed that a new stretch of all lane running smart motorway in the North West will have key safety elements and will follow the recommendations in the Government’s recent stocktake and action plan. |
Weekend wonder: M4 upgrade team releases video of engineering spectacle08/07/2020 'One weekend closure. 400 tonnes of steelwork. One River Thames diversion. One stunning sunrise. One bridge widened: the M4 smart motorway upgrade has reached its halfway point with its most complex work yet.' |
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AA says only one in 10 feel safer on smart motorways15/10/2019 Only one in 10 drivers say they feel safer on all lane running (ALR) smart motorway schemes compared to a traditional motorway, according to a study by the AA. |
£256m upgrade 'makes M6 fit for the future'09/04/2019 Highways England has completed a £265m project to add extra lanes and new technology to a 19-mile stretch of the M6, which it called the most significant change since the motorway first opened in Cheshire in 1963. |
Highways England releases £7bn smart motorways tender12/12/2018 Highways England has launched the procurement process for a smart motorways alliance with an estimated value of £7bn, over a 10 year period. |
Highways England outlines details of £6bn Smart Motorway Alliance23/08/2018 Highways England has outlined key information about its Smart Motorways Alliance (SMA) plans - potentially worth up to £6bn over 10 years - which reflects a radical new direction for contractual arrangements on the strategic road network. |
Health and well being of road workers highlighted at HE event05/10/2016 Operatives working on the M60/62 smart motorway project in Greater Manchester got together to raise awareness about road worker health, safety and wellbeing. |
DfT approves M4 smart motorway plans06/09/2016 The proposed upgrade of the M4 from junctions 3 (Hayes) to 12 (Theale) to a smart motorway has been given development consent by the Department for Transport. |
Work on Manchester’s smart motorway enters new phase14/06/2016 Highways England has started work to upgrade 56 overhead gantries on the 17-mile smart motorway route between the M60 and M62 in Manchester. |
Superspan gantries to be installed on M6203/05/2016 The first of eight ‘superspan’ gantries crossing whole sections of the M60 and M62 Manchester smart motorway project will be installed later this week. |
M62 smart motorway saving drivers time12/04/2016 The number of people using the M62 smart motorway is increasing with drivers saving up to 30 minutes each week. |
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. |
Work on M6 smart motorway upgrade to start18/02/2016 Work to upgrade a 20-mile stretch of the M6 in Cheshire to a smart motorway will start later this month. |
M6 stretch converted to smart motorway08/02/2016 A £100 million upgrade to convert a stretch of the M6 in the Midlands into a smart motorway has been completed. |
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. |
Specialist cranes needed for removal of M62 gantries10/11/2015 Specialist 500 tonne cranes will be used to remove three overhead gantries from the M62 near Rochdale in order to allow a smart motorway upgrade to continue. |
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