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M62 - Your Local History
A lot of finds were uncovered during the archaeological evaluation carried out for the M62 Junction 6 Improvement scheme so we thought it would be nice to provide an interactive website so you can see what we found.
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Better information for your journey
The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions
Quick Links
Don't Cross or Walk Along Motorways
The Highways Agency aims to make more people aware of the dangers of walking or crossing our motorway. We have launched a poster and radio campaign aimed at 16-25yr olds. Hopefully with our hard hitting posters, our message will come across.
Educating tomorrow's drivers
See how we are driving through key messages about safety on our network for the drivers of tomorrow.
Meet the Ancestors
Find out about the history of roads and the work the Agency does to preserve archaeological remains.
See when traffic will be lightest
Our traffic forecaster can help get you there quicker
What can we do to improve road worker safety?
- Change our approach
- Raise the profile of road workers
- Educate the road users
The Agent's View
Area 9 AmeyMouchel
- 1000 lane 2 or 3 closures a year
- Equivalent to 10,000 road crossings
England
- 100,000 road crossings a year
- Each carried out by two men
How can we improve road worker safety?
Reduce road workers exposure to live traffic and lessen the risks to road workers when on the network.
Highlight the importance of road workers and their safety to the public by raising awareness and the industry consistently maintaining the highest standards.
Improve road user awareness and responses by improving driver education.
