Smart Motorways: Prime Minister Urged to Bring Back Hard Shoulders

Published on April 15, 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been urged to reinstate the hard shoulder on so-called smart motorways. The RAC made the demand exactly 12 months after Mr. Sunak cancelled 14 planned smart motorways, including 11 which had already been paused and three which had been earmarked for construction. Around 10 percent of England’s motorway network is made up of smart motorways, which were developed to increase capacity without having to add extra traffic lanes. The first stretch of all-lane running (ALR) smart motorway—which uses the hard shoulder as a permanent live traffic lane—opened on the M25 in Hertfordshire 10 years ago. But they have proved very unpopular and there is evidence they have led to more fatal incidents as broken down vehicles are left stranded in the inside lane....

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