Source · Select Committees · Transport Committee
Recommendation 2
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Accepted
Paragraph: 16
We welcome the Department’s acceleration of safety improvements to all-lane running motorways and acknowledge that...
Conclusion
We welcome the Department’s acceleration of safety improvements to all-lane running motorways and acknowledge that the current Secretary of State for Transport and Minister for Roads have, upon their appointment, taken steps to address safety and delivery failures on all-lane running motorways. However, it is regrettable that the Government should find itself in this position. Safety risks on all- lane running motorways, such as those raised by the Transport Committee in 2016, should have been addressed before those motorways were rolled out.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states it agrees with the recommendation and will immediately pause the rollout of All-Lane Running (ALR) smart motorway schemes yet to commence construction. This pause will remain until five years of safety data is available for ALR motorways introduced before 2020.
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Government Response
The government responded to this report on 12 January 2022. No passage in that response could be matched to this recommendation. Read the response document ↗