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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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Our traffic forecaster can help get you there quicker
If we do nothing?
The potential consequences of ever-increasing road traffic include:
- the costs to society and businesses of congestion;
- delays and unreliable journey times;
- increases in road accidents leading to casualties and delays;
- more pollution caused by emissions from vehicles, affecting health and quality of life;
- emissions of Carbon Dioxide, the main 'greenhouse gas' contributing to global warming;
- noise;
- negative effects on sensitive sites and areas; and
- poorer health as people do less exercise by relying more on the car.
To help us protect our health and the environment and to fight congestion and pollution, we need to promote good alternatives to car journeys made by people travelling on their own. *smarter travel choices have an important role to play in providing these alternatives.
* 'Smarter travel choices' are techniques for influencing people's travel behaviour towards more sustainable options such as encouraging school, workplace and individualised travel planning. They also seek to improve public transport and marketing services such as travel awareness campaigns, setting up websites for car share schemes, supporting car clubs and encouraging teleworking.
