Work begins on latest stretch of M62 smart motorway

Highways England has begun work on turning a stretch of the M62 between Manchester and Huddersfield into a smart motorway. The initial work between junctions 20 and 22 is to “toughen up” the hard shoulder so it can be used as a temporary lane when construction work begins next year. This will mean night closures […]

HE restarting M1 smart motorway works

Highways England’s going to continue converting the M1 near Milton Keynes into a smart motorway, telling nearby residents construction will begin again next month. Local radio station MKFM reports that piling work will begin from 12th May. It quotes Highways England as saying the activity will have strict safeguarding measures.

HE in £32m SVD tender

After Highways England pledged to increase the safety levels on smart motorways, it’s put out a tender for a stopped vehicle detection system. It wants companies to pitch their designs for technology that will detect individual stopped vehicles in live lanes on all-lane running sections. It says the SVD solution must enable early intervention and […]

HE puts out SVD tender

Highways England has put out a tender for a Stopped Vehicle Detection solution to detect individual stopped vehicles in live lanes on Smart Motorway All Lane Running sections of the Network in England.