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In March 2020, the Secretary of State for Transport published the Smart motorway evidence stocktake and action plan. The plan included an action to review all existing emergency areas and to widen any which were less than the current standard, if feasible and appropriate.

We have listened to drivers' concerns about being able to find a safe place to stop in an emergency on all lane running smart motorways. We have been developing a programme to create additional emergency areas on sections of all lane running motorway across the country.

Opening in 1866 on the former Newton Abbot – Moretonhampstead line in Devon, today it’s in our care and maintained with seven others.

Examples of the ways we are stimulating innovation across the highways sector

This spectacular 420ft long viaduct located in central Lake District has received some care and attention, so it can keep being appreciated safely from ground level near the footpath close by.

Proposals to create extra capacity at junction 18 to reduce congestion and support economic growth.

The process for making a complaint under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) or Environmental Information Regulations (EIR).

This privacy notice sits beneath our top-level privacy notice and provides information about how personal data is used with regards to the data and footage captured as part of an internal post-collision fatal investigation on the motorways and major roads of England.

eCall is a safety feature that gets you help quicker and faster.

This privacy notice provides information about how personal data is used in relation to the Digital Visitor Briefing.