Messaging urges drivers to ‘keep left’ if they break down on a smart motorway. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going on in the West Midlands. Highways ...

Many smart motorways, are currently failing to offer the value for money expected when they were originally planned, according to newly released reports from National Highways. Two of the ...

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Smart motorways in England are set to switch off TODAY as part of a crucial tech update. Car-detection software and variable speed limit signs will be unavailable, motorists, road users and drivers ...

Ever since smart motorways were introduced in the UK in 2006, they have proved highly controversial. The concept was brought in to create much-needed capacity on key parts of a congested road network.

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A year after the U.K. government halted the expansion of so-called "smart motorways," pressure is growing to reintroduce emergency hard shoulders on nearly 200 miles of national highways. A new BBC ...

After a series of high-profile fatal accidents, the U.K. Dept. for Transport has scrapped plans to roll out $1.2 billion worth of additional “smart motorways.” However, the government will retain the ...

There are calls for a smart motorway rule change across some of England's largest motorways. It comes after a man who killed the passenger of a broken-down car on a smart motorway where the safety ...

Controversial 'smart' motorways are barely providing any economic benefit, damning new analysis has found. Two sections of smart motorway are actively losing the nation income, and a further six ...