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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.
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Better information for your journey
The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions
Quick Links
Don't Cross or Walk Along Motorways
The Highways Agency aims to make more people aware of the dangers of walking or crossing our motorway. We have launched a poster and radio campaign aimed at 16-25yr olds. Hopefully with our hard hitting posters, our message will come across.
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
Think Ahead Move Ahead
Think Ahead Move Ahead
Helping you plan your journey
Graham Dalton, Chief Executive
We all want easy, safe journeys that get us from A to B in a reasonable amount of time. Here at the Highways Agency, we know that investing just a little time in planning your journey can help you achieve this.
So what do we mean by planning a journey? When most people think about journey planning they think about maps and plotting their route, that's part of it but it's more than just that. It's about being informed about traffic conditions before and during your journey, it can mean choosing to travel at a different time to avoid congestion or a planned event - or even not travelling by road at all.
Getting relevant information to you when you need it is our objective and we have established a range of traffic information services that you can use absolutely free. Every year we have millions of visits to our websites from road users planning their journeys or wanting to know more about the work of the Highways Agency. This is especially true when we have a significant weather event when we can receive a month's visitors in just one day. We display vital information about our network including congestion, incidents, weather and give you the ability to view any of our 1,000 traffic cameras live online. We also have our own 24-hour digital radio station available online or through DAB and, on top of this, you probably receive our live traffic information via local and national media broadcasters throughout England.
You'll find details of all these services and more on these pages. I hope they give you some new ideas about ways in which you can plan your journeys and make best use of our roads and the public transport network.
We'd welcome your feedback about this information or any other aspect of our services. Please contact our information line and let us know what you think.
The information on these pages is also available in booklet form which is available for download:
Think Ahead Move Ahead (2MB PDF)
