THE UK government outlined its plans to get rid of controversial smart motorways in a announcement in April 2023. Here, we look at when smart motorways were invented, and why they have been criticised ...

Many smart motorways, are currently failing to offer the value for money expected when they were originally planned, according to newly released reports from National Highways. Two of the ...

National Highways has warned that ignoring red signs are dangerous ...

Liz Truss says the UK’s experiment with smart motorways has failed and should be brought to an end. The frontrunner in the race to be the next prime minister made the comments in response to an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many people, the rollout of smart technology across the UK’s road network has been clouded by fears about the removal of ...

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Claire Mercer is leading a fight to end “smart motorways” in the UK. Claire’s husband, Jason, was killed on a smart motorway on a section of the M1 near Sheffield, on June 7, 2019. Jason died along ...

Many smart motorways are currently failing to offer the value for money expected when they were originally planned, according to newly released reports from National Highways. Two of the schemes, ...