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Residents and drivers can find out more about a new safety scheme due to get under way along the A46 in Warwickshire at two information events this week.

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.

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.

What started as minor work, eventually became the complete reconstruction of the bridge’s spandrel and east parapet.

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

We want to encourage motorists to think about their driving and be safe on our roads. This means tackling dangerous driving behaviour. Operation Tramline is one way we do this - using HGV camera cabs in targeted multi-agency operations across England.

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.

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

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

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