BBCNEWS Breakfast June 4, 2024 06:02:00
It is not quite the end of smart motorways. plans for 14 will be scrapped, including 11 that had already been paused. it was a £1 billion but existing smart motorways which make up 10% of england's motorway network will remain. it is good news and it is good that it is gone as far as that has to cover routes are ready currently being built. i did not expected to that far. but obviously it does not cover existing roads and it is the existing roads that are killing us. so it is half the battle but there is still half the battle to go. first introduced in 2006, smart motorways were controversial...