Poll results: UK to pause smart motorway rollout
We asked for your reactions to the UK government's decision to pause the roll out and introduction of new smart motorway schemes
The rollout of new all lane running smart motorway schemes has been paused until a full five years’ worth of safety data is available.
The decision followed a transport select committee report published in November, 2021 which concluded that the Department for Transport and Highways England had failed to deliver on promises to implement safety improvements for all-lane running Smart Motorways.
Although both bodies have claimed that smart motorways are comparatively the safest roads in the country in terms of fatality rates, the absence of a hard shoulder on all lane running motorways has contributed to a number of deaths in recent years, and road safety campaigners have been calling for a rethink on the government’s plans.
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