Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made by Highways England inĀ improving the safety of smart motorways.
The Government is committed to improving safety, which is why the Secretary of State published an evidence stocktake and tasked Highways England with delivering an 18-point action plan. Highways England will implement the action plan in full and has already started work, including the provision of additional emergency areas on the M25 and making all emergency areas more visible by introducing a bright orange surface and better, more frequent signs.
Highways England will deliver all the remaining actions, including the provision of stopped vehicle detection on all-lane running (ALR) motorways within 36 months and the conversion of dynamic hard shoulder to ALR by the end of March 2025.