M62 - Your Local History
A lot of finds were uncovered during the archaeological evaluation carried out for the M62 Junction 6 Improvement scheme so we thought it would be nice to provide an interactive website so you can see what we found.
Better information for your journey
The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions
Lane Hog!
John Stapleton looks into why people Lane Hog and what effects it has on the driver hogging the lane and other road users.
Educating tomorrow's drivers
See how we are driving through key messages about safety on our network for the drivers of tomorrow.
Meet the Ancestors
Find out about the history of roads and the work the Agency does to preserve archaeological remains.
See when traffic will be lightest
Our traffic forecaster can help get you there quicker
M1 and M62 Motorway Improvements in Yorkshire
About the Scheme
The M1 and M62 are two of Britain's most important and busiest roads. As many as 140,000 vehicles used the motorways each day in 2005. That number is likely to grow by 2.6% a year - and if we do nothing congestion will get worse.
The M1 and M62 Motorway Improvements in Yorkshire package is designed to reduce congestion and improve safety and journey time reliability on both the M1 and M62.
There are nine schemes in the M1/M62 improvements package, which will result in having an increased capacity and able to carry more traffic on the M1 between Junctions 30 (Chesterfield) and 42 (Leeds), and the M62 between junctions 25 (Huddersfield) and 28 (Leeds).
- M1 Jct 30 to Jct 31 Improvement
- M1 Jct 31 to Jct 32 Widening
- M1 Jct 32 - Jct 34 South Improvement
- M1 J34 North to J37 Improvement
- M1 J37 to J39 Improvement
- M1 J39 to J42 Improvement
- M1 Jct 31 to Jct 32 Northbound Collector / Distributor
- M62 J25 to J27 Improvement
- M62 J27 to J28 Improvement
These schemes are the response to Department for Transport recommendations in the South and West Yorkshire Multi Modal study (SWYMMS) for increased capacity on the M1 and M62.
We will introduce controlled motorway facilities along the scheme, with regular gantries across the motorway, with signs to change the speed limits and open and close lanes.
To ensure increased capacity due to motorway improvement is not lost due to the generation of additional traffic we will use various Integrated Demand Management methods (IDM), there are various options being considered such as dedicated lanes for vehicles with more than one occupant (Car share lanes); and traffic signals at junctions (Access Control) and on slip roads to regulate flow of traffic onto the motorway (Motorway Access Management).
Proposals are in the early stages for all schemes except M1 J31-32. M1 J31-32 started construction inJanuary 2007 and is due for completion in January 2008. This project was built sooner than the others because no additional land was required for construction. This scheme was planned before the M1/M62 Improvement package entered the Programme for Major Schemes (PMS).
