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
Background Information
Background
Currently, vehicles that are abandoned, broken-down or damaged on our roads are removed either by the owner making their own appropriate private arrangements, or where the police need to intervene using their powers and supporting vehicle recovery contracts.
In 2002 the Highways Agency and Association of Chief Police Officers undertook a joint review of their roles and responsibilities on England’s motorways and trunk roads. This led to the introduction of the Agency's 24/7 Traffic Officer service and provided the foundation for certain traffic & incident management functions to transfer from the police to the Agency. The Traffic Officer Service is now fully in place and patrols every motorway in England.
The transfer dealing with vehicles that are abandoned, broken down or damaged was always envisaged to take place at a later date and the National Vehicle Recovery Project has now been set up to do this.
About the National Vehicle Recovery Project
The Agency has established a dedicated project team to deliver the new service which covers two core areas:
- Establishing appropriate statutory powers to allow us to remove vehicles and their loads from the network.
- Development and delivery of a contractual means of recovering vehicles and their loads from our national road network.
In developing the shape of our future vehicle recovery capability we have been talking and listening to the extensive experience of our police partners and those whose daily lives are involved with the vehicle recovery industry, together with our own staff and service providers. The focus of these efforts has been on meeting our customers’ needs and requirements, both in terms of improved safety and journey time reliability.
We are continuing to refine the shape of our future vehicle recovery service and anticipate this will be introduced in 2008, and provided by the Agency through an open and fair competition to deliver a National Vehicle Recovery Manager.
