The Chair of the UK’s Commons all-party group investigating motorway safety, Sir Mike Penning, has said that smart motorways are puttingthe lives of recovery workers “at risk”.
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Jon Masters provides an in-depth analysis of Highways England’s latest work in computer-led design and its potential to change the way we deliver the next generation of roads.
Highways England says the upgrade of the M6 in Cheshire to smart motorway will be completed by the end of March, as the fourth running lane has been opened … Read more
SMART Highways editor Paul Hutton has appeared on national BBC Radio for the second time in two days to explain technology underpinning the concept of smart motorways.
SMART Highways editor Paul Hutton has explained some of the technology behind smart motorways on a BBC Radio Five Live programme examining their safety.
A consortium led by Arup has been awarded the $47million Smart Freeways – Kwinana Northbound project in Perth, Western Australia.
A woman has died on a stretch of smart motorway on the English network near Sheffield when the car she was in broke down on the northbound carriageway and was … Read more
The poles and cabinet maker Crown International has secured a £352,000 contract with Balfour Beatty and VINCI Construction Grands Projects to supply and install Variable Height Dual Unit Enabled PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) … Read more
Work to convert a 32 mile stretch of the M4 west of London into a smart motorway is getting underway.
Highways England has sent 130,000 warning letters in two years to motorway users who wrongly used the hard shoulder or ignored red X warning signs as many continue to flout … Read more