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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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Using the hard shoulder

Have you ever seen a vehicle swerve, onto the hard shoulder? Imagine if you had stopped in that very spot. In these short films Quentin Willson tries to uncover some of the surprising behaviour that members of the public engage in, on the hard shoulder. Quentin proceeds to look at the reason why the hard shoulder is for emergency use only and what to do in the event that you do need to use it.

Keep Moving - Using the Hard Shoulder 

The Video is available on You Tube and is embedded below:

With subtitles:

 

For more tips on how to use the hard shoulder please visit the Directgov website.