DaveWhitfield published Plans to use motorway hard shoulder for driving could be scrapped

Government plans to convert more hard shoulders into permanent driving lanes to ease congestion should be scrapped because of safety fears, MPs have recommended.The Government intends to expand motorway capacity by converting hundreds of miles of hard shoulder into permanent lanes, known as 'All Lane Running'.But an inquiry by MPs on the Commons Transport Select Committee concluded the plan is too dangerous and has not been properly considered.Current 'smart motorway' schemes have only used the.