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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
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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
The Benefits
The picture and text messages displayed by the new signs will be more easily and quickly understood by drivers, allowing more time to react, reducing the likelihood of further accidents.
The signs will be used in conjunction with sensors beneath the road surface, monitoring traffic speeds and automatically setting signs with an appropriate message.
The new motorway signs have been designed to accommodate closed circuit television cameras. These cameras will be used by the Highways Agency to assess the effectiveness of the new signs by monitoring traffic flow and movement patterns in response to the driver information messages set on the signs. Real-time images from these cameras will also be available to Thames Valley Police at their motorway control office, offering additional aid to locating and managing incidents on the motorway more swiftly and helping to set the new signs more promptly and accurately. The cameras will not be used for speed enforcement.
Improved information for drivers will mean drivers can react by reducing their speed or changing their route as appropriate, reducing accidents and improving journey times.
Reliability will be significantly improved through the use of new technology.
As the signs will be positioned well into the verge at the side of the road, maintenance can be carried out without disrupting the flow of traffic.
