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    Call to reinstate hard shoulder on smart motorways a year after projects axed

    by Neil Lancefield Apr 14, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Ministers are being urged to reinstate the hard shoulder on smart motorways.

    The RAC issued the plea exactly a year after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelled all future planned smart motorway projects, citing financial pressures and a lack of public confidence in the roads.

    It is a day after the 10-year anniversary of the first in Hertfordshire.

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