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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Safi Bugel

English motorway gantries get new, more secure design

Motorway gantry design competition winner
The winning entry came from the London-based architecture company Useful Studio. Photograph: Useful Studios/PA

National Highways has unveiled a new design for motorway gantries that it hopes will prove harder for protesters to mount and use to cause disruption.

The renovated structures, which are expected to become the standard design in England from 2025, will have their maintenance steps hidden inside their pillars and will be more difficult to gain access to without authorisation.

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