National Highways has said the closure of the M42 in both directions between junctions 5 and 6 is so work on overhead gantries can be done 'safely'. Starting on Monday, the motorway will be shut ...

On dynamic motorways, the overhead gantries also tell drivers whether or not they can drive on the hard shoulder. A red X is displayed if a lane is closed, for example, because of an accident or ...

These motorways have eliminated the hard shoulder ... Controllers then activate a ‘red X’ sign on overhead gantries to warn drivers to avoid the affected lane, while CCTV is used to monitor ...

Forty-five Just Stop Oil protesters climbed gantries on the motorway in November 2022, forcing police to stop the traffic, in an attempt to cause gridlock across southern England. Judge ...

Britain’s busiest motorway was brought to a halt for four days in November 2022 when as many as forty-five Just Stop Oil activists climbed gantries and planted themselves in the middle of the ...

Junctions 3–12: This 32-mile section is the longest smart motorway scheme in the UK. It includes lower noise surfacing, new gantries, new signals, new CCTV cameras, and more.

The UK has seen a string of headline-grabbing stunts over recent years, from massive traffic disruption caused by protesters scaling bridges or motorway gantries, to attacks on art works or ...

Technology is used to regulate traffic flow and ease congestion. All three types of smart motorway use overhead gantries to direct drivers. Variable speed limits, controlled by speed cameras ...