Many smart motorways, are currently failing to offer the value for money expected when they were originally planned, according to newly released reports from National Highways. Two of the schemes, ...

Many people welcome technology that will improve road safety or reduce congestion. But the rollout has proved unsettling.

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.

Controversial 'smart' motorways are barely providing any economic benefit, damning new analysis has found. Two sections of smart motorway are actively losing the nation income, and a further six ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New smart motorways have been scrapped by the government. (Getty Images) (Mark Kerrison via Getty Images) The building of new ...

THE UK government outlined its plans to get rid of controversial smart motorways in a announcement in April 2023. Here, we look at when smart motorways were invented, and why they have been criticised ...

Liz Truss says the UK’s experiment with smart motorways has failed and should be brought to an end. The frontrunner in the race to be the next prime minister made the comments in response to an ...

Many smart motorways are currently failing to offer the value for money expected when they were originally planned, according to newly released reports from National Highways. Two of the schemes, ...