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Safety record of smart motorway schemes matters most

Chris Ames
19 February 2026
 

In the last issue of LTT, I noted that the departure of National Highways chief executive Nick Harris came as the DfT was preparing to allow the company to release the POPE reports about smart motorway schemes that it had previously suppressed. This, I suggested, raised “suspicions that they cast further doubts over their safety and economic benefits”.

The content of those 16 reports and the widespread media coverage show those suspicions to have been wholly justified and represent...

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