Highways England has released its strategic business plan, outlining details for building motorways – including smart motorways like the A1(M)
Highways England have now confirmed that work to turn the A1(M) between Junction 6 for Welwyn and Junction 8 for Stevenage into a smart motorway is scheduled to start work in Spring 2025.
When the work was initially announced it was scheduled to be finished by 2022, it was rescheduled ‘as part of the Smart motorway evidence stocktake and action plan’.
The smart motorway safety evidence stock-take and action plan was published back in March by the government.
At the time Transport Secretary Grant Shapps MP said: “What the evidence shows is that in most ways, smart motorways are as safe as, or safer than, the conventional ones. But not in every way. To ensure we are doing all we can do to improve safety, I am publishing a package of 18 measures. This will allow us to retain the benefits of smart motorways while addressing the concerns that have been identified.”
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