Ever since smart motorways were introduced in the UK in 2006, they have proved highly controversial. The concept was brought in to create much-needed capacity on key parts of a congested road network.

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A year after the U.K. government halted the expansion of so-called "smart motorways," pressure is growing to reintroduce emergency hard shoulders on nearly 200 miles of national highways. A new BBC ...

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The case for hard shoulders to be returned to motorways has been strengthened after a long-awaited safety report shows smart ...

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Originally built to “manage traffic in a way that minimized environmental impact, cost and time to construct by avoiding the need to build additional lanes,” smart motorways were the pioneering idea ...

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