New places to stop in an emergency are being added to the M1 in South Yorkshire.
In April, the government announced the building of all new smart motorways had been cancelled due to cost and safety concernsDrivers have been warned of disruption to their journeys for more than a year as emergency stop sections are added to a section of smart motorway.
The left-hand lane will be shut throughout the construction work, with other lanes under a 50mph speed limit."Work to install the roadworks will begin in the next few weeks, with main construction beginning shortly afterwards," a spokesperson said.The move follows complaints about the distance between emergency areas on smart motorways.due to cost and safety concerns.
dynamic, where the hard shoulder can be opened up at peak times and used as an extra lane; when this happens, the speed limit is reduced to 60mph
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