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.
Better information for your journey
The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions
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
Education
"EDUCATION, ENGINEERING, ENFORCEMENT"
The Highways Agency has safety at the heart of its education campaign.
We regard customer education as being central to the delivery of our core values, in the changing of habits and behaviours and supporting new initiatives and schemes to make our roads safer.
In late 2006 the Highways Agency launched its Safety Toolkit, resources to assist in this programme of safety education offering resources that can be used by the Agency or its stakeholders to promote a safer network for all.
With Citizenship becoming an ever higher priority for the curriculum in both Primary and Secondary schools, we believe that improving and increasing our customer education will contribute to improvements in safety on our roads.
The Highways Agency hasn't stopped its engineering role; however more people are asking for better information: "Why is this happening?", "What are its benefits", "How will this make our roads less congested and safer?"
We are supporting this with more information for young and old alike which look at motorcycling, company drivers HGV drivers and young drivers all of whom are on our roads each day.
For more information explore the feature links below..
Top Features
Here you will find information about all our Driver Information Programmes (DIPs) and other safety and advice campaigns.
We want motorcyclists to enjoy using the strategic road network and to do it safely. Here you will find information and advice for riders and details about our Information Programmes for bikers.
Drivers and operators of Heavy Goods Vehicles can find a lot of information here, including access to our Heavy Good Vehicle micro-site, the Truckstop Guide, information for drivers from abroad, as well as useful safety tips and reminders.
