A whistleblower at National Highways has shared that a planned Smart Motorway outage is putting lives at risk.
A widow who lost her husband last year on a stretch of the M1 last year has been left in ‘shock and disbelief’ after a whistleblower at National Highways revealed a Smart Motorway outage was planned.
The crash happened near Junction 25 near Nottingham. Wendy, along with other bereaved families, have been campaigning for smart motorways to be abolished. Wendy explained that she has previously spoken to the controllers who oversee the signs over the phone about manually controlling the signs when works are in place.
Claire Mercer, whose husband Jason was killed on a stretch of the M1 with no hard shoulder in 2019, added: “It happens quite regularly it’s just we don’t often get to find out about it. I was going to say it frustrates me but it’s more than frustration because it’s incredibly dangerous.
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