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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Neil Lancefield

More than 150 new emergency areas added to smart motorways

A £390 programme to retrofit more than 150 additional emergency stopping areas on smart motorways in England has been completed, National Highways said (National Highways/PA) -

A £390 million programme to add more than 150 additional emergency stopping areas to smart motorways in England has been completed, National Highways said.

Construction work began in June 2023 after concerns that existing emergency areas on motorways without a hard shoulder were too far apart.

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