Motorway chiefs failed to install additional safety measures on a stretch of smart motorway after concluding that it would have added up to 2 per cent to the bill, The Times has learnt.
An analysis of a ten-mile section of the M1 where the hard shoulder has been removed found that changes would have led to “potentially significant increases” in costs with only marginal safety benefits.
The report acknowledged that the “primary goals” of the smart motorway scheme were cutting congestion and helping traffic flow, and not “improving safety” beyond a normal motorway.
full article here https://smartmotorwayskill.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Bosses-rejected-‘costly’-lay-bys-on-smart-motorway-where-two-died-_-News-_-The-Times.pdf
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