Plans for 14 new smart motorways are being scrapped over a lack of public confidence and cost.
Emergency bays give cars space to pull off the road when there's no hard shoulderFourteen smart motorways will be removed from government road building plans due to a lack of public confidence and financial pressures, the Department for Transport said.
Rishi Sunak said "all drivers deserve to have confidence in the roads they use to get around the country".Fourteen planned smart motorways, including 11 that had already been paused and three that had earmarked for construction, will be removed from road building plans. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said: "Today's announcement means no new smart motorways will be built, recognising the lack of public confidence felt by drivers and the cost pressures due to inflation."Claire Mercer, whosein South Yorkshire in 2019, welcomed the move but pledged to continue campaigning for the hard shoulder to return on every road.
"So it's good news, but obviously it's the existing ones that are killing us. And I'm not settling for more emergency refuge areas."Mrs Mercer's MP, Labour's Sarah Champion for Rotherham, said she was relieved the government has listened to motorists.
all-lane running, where the hard shoulder has been permanently removed to provide an extra lane; emergency refuge areas are provided at regular intervals for cars that get into trouble
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