No new 'smart motorways' are set to be built in Britain after safety fears led to the plans being shelved, sources have claimed.
A contractor involved said: “We’re no longer expecting any new smart motorways. Financial pressure on the Government, alongside the unpopularity of the scheme makes it seem untenable.”
The PM is said to have the final say on whether to greenlight £900m in new funding for Transport Secretary Mark Harper to make the motorways more safe. Last year, Nick heard the first-hand accounts of motorists who have been left traumatised by their experiences on smart motorways. Campaigners have been viruntely against the motorways since their inception, calling them "death traps".HGV driver Lee who uses smart motorways regularly as part of his job told Nick what it is like to spot and evade broken down cars on the road.
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