>> Smart motorways are something that only a civil servant could come up with. You don't
>> need more than a single brain cell to see they were going to be lethal.
They didn't just happen out of the Ministry's staff suggestion scheme.
Take M1 J15A-19. Widening the whole motorway would involve planning approval, acquisition of land, a dozen new bridges and re-alignment of five junctions. The political masters pronounce that unaffordable (and a threat to safe seats).
How can we do it more cheaply? Civil Servants offered options to Ministers.
It will be interesting to learn the full facts around Mrs Begum's case.
I'd raised the point of Coroner questions on smart motorways in a previous thread:
www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?t=27336
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Thu 11 Feb 21 at 23:02
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Smart Motorways Again new
Smart Motorways Again new