Smart motorways U-turn is welcome – The Yorkshire Post says

THERE will be relief that plans to turn a large stretch of the M62 across the Pennines into a so-called ‘‘smart motorway’’ are among those to have been paused by Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary.
By YP Comment
Published 13th Jan 2022, 11:23 BST
The rollout of smart motorways has been paused by Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary.The rollout of smart motorways has been paused by Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary.
The rollout of smart motorways has been paused by Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary.

The Cabinet minister does deserve credit for listening to the pleas of those families mourning loved ones who have been killed on these roads as well as the overtures of the Transport Select Committee and this newspaper.

Scrap smart motorways now before more lives lost – The Yorkshire Post says

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It is also paramount that work to improve safety on existing ‘‘smart motorways’’, such as the provision of more emergency laybys and effective technology to detect stationary vehicles, is accelerated.

The rollout of smart motorways has been paused by Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary.The rollout of smart motorways has been paused by Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary.
The rollout of smart motorways has been paused by Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary.

What Mr Shapps now needs to make clear is that all future decisions on ‘‘all lane running’’ stretches of motorway will be based on a ‘‘safety first’’ approach – and that the work of National Highways is far more transparent. If this had happened, many accidents could have been prevented and lives saved.

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