Costain completes additional refuge areas on M1 smart motorway ahead of schedule

Costain has successfully finished the construction of 41 new emergency areas on the M1 smart motorway ahead of the planned timeline. The post Costain completes additional refuge areas on M1 smart motorway ahead of schedule appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Smart Motorway Programme Alliance chief to step down

Tony Slater is moving on to take up fresh career challenge

Smart motorway metric added to National Highways chief’s performance-related pay

The chief executive of National Highways has been given a personal financial incentive to sort out the hazards of smart motorways.

UK Nixes $1.2B in Planned 'Smart Motorway' Work

Officials cited safety concerns over eliminated shoulders and inflation-related cost pressures in scrapping the plans.

DfT confirms that all new smart motorway plans are to be scrapped

The government has confirmed that all new smart motorways schemes will be scrapped “in recognition of the current lack of public confidence felt by drivers and cost pressures”. The post DfT confirms that all new smart motorway plans are to be scrapped appeared first on New Civil Engineer.