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Recommendation 6
6
Accepted in Part
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The Department and National Highways should: a) retrofit emergency refuge areas to existing all-lane running...
Recommendation
The Department and National Highways should: a) retrofit emergency refuge areas to existing all-lane running motorways to make them a maximum of 1,500 metres apart, decreasing to every 1,000 metres where physically possible; b) commission the Office of Rail and Road to conduct an independent evaluation of the effectiveness and operation of stopped vehicle detection technology, including maintenance and monitoring; and c) insert the emergency corridor manoeuvre into the Highway Code to help emergency services and traffic patrol officers to access incidents when traffic is congested.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government agrees to commission the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to evaluate the success of the Action Plan in reducing live lane stops and breakdowns, with annual reports starting later this year. However, the response does not address retrofitting emergency refuge areas or inserting the emergency corridor manoeuvre into the Highway Code.
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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 conclusion. Read the response document ↗