❌ All new smart motorway projects scrapped over safety and cost concerns

Safety and cost fears see 14 projects abandonded as government acknowledges lack of public support for 'killer roads'

#UK #News #Motorways #SmartMotorways #Travel #Transport

https://www.nationalworld.com/news/traffic-and-travel/why-are-smart-motorways-being-scrapped-dfts-decision-explained-and-the-new-projects-being-axed-4106328

New smart motorway plans being scrapped

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65288852

#Motorways #Travel #UK

🛣 Just Stop Oil welcomes ‘challenge’ of new ‘anti-protester’ motorway gantry design

National Highways unveils new design for vital signage with lower carbon footprint and more secure access after Just Stop Oil disruption

#UK #News #Roads #Motorways #JustStopOil #Protesters

https://www.nationalworld.com/news/traffic-and-travel/new-secure-motorway-gantry-design-to-be-tougher-for-protesters-to-target-4062999

Why is there so much litter along side the motorways in Britain? It’s as if I’m driving through an enormous bin. Shame on you Britons.

#litter #motorways #britain

🔋 National Highways splashes £8m on containers with batteries for motorway EV charging

National Highways is to use giant battery arrays in shipping containers to address grid supply issues at service stations

#ElectricVehicles #motorways #batteries

https://www.nationalworld.com/lifestyle/cars/motorway-ev-charging-gets-ps8m-boost-from-shipping-containers-filled-with-batteries-4035500

Gooses were somewhat baffled earlier. Stopping in a motorway service station some blokes in a van asked if they wanted to buy a TV. Erm…. No. Not really what people stopping in a motorway service station are usually looking for. They then asked lots of other ppl. Didn’t seem to get any takers though. Very strange #motorways

A fascinating historical account and insight into #urbandesign, the place given to #cars, #JohnMajor & how local #resistance saved #Brixton & #London from #motorways #pollution obliteration. Support #localaction when you see it, because that's the only thing that actually makes a difference! Via @TheGuardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/13/londons-lost-mega-motorway-the-eight-lane-ring-road-that-would-have-destroyed-much-of-the-city

M6 Lancashire.
#Motorways #lancashire #LightTrails #m6 #sky

Covers of the day: I always love a good motorway opening brochure. Examples here from the M6 bypassing Stafford (1962), the M5 through Worcestershire (1962), the final stage of the London Orbital M25 (1986), and a link road between the M5 and the Birmingham suburbs (1965).

#Motorways #M6 #M5 #M25