Work begins on Warrington motorway trial to cut congestion

Work on a US$8.5 million (£7 million) pilot scheme to cut congestion along the M62 near Warrington in Cheshire, UK is to start next month. Highways England is delivering the innovative project at Croft Interchange to give drivers smoother and more reliable journeys along the eastbound M62, one of the busiest commuter congestion hotspots in the region. From next summer, smart motorway technology, such as electronic information signs and variable mandatory speed limits on the M62, will be used alongside
October 28, 2016 Read time: 1 min
Work on a US$8.5 million (£7 million) pilot scheme to cut congestion along the M62 near Warrington in Cheshire, UK is to start next month.

8101 Highways England is delivering the innovative project at Croft Interchange to give drivers smoother and more reliable journeys along the eastbound M62, one of the busiest commuter congestion hotspots in the region.

From next summer, smart motorway technology, such as electronic information signs and variable mandatory speed limits on the M62, will be used alongside traffic lights on the motorway link roads from the northbound and southbound M6.

Money for the project is coming from a US$182.6 million (£150 million) innovation fund, part of the US$18.2 billion (£15 billion) allocated to Highways England in the Government’s 2015 to 2020 Road Investment Strategy.

The innovation fund is designed to encourage Highways England to look at new technology or novel techniques to improve journeys.

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