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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
Disabled People
Our Commitment to Disabled People
Over 10 million people in Britain are disabled with nearly half being over the pensionable age and 800,000 being children. The need to cater for the transport requirements of disabled people is of huge importance and will become more so as the years go on.
In 1995 (revised in 2005) the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) was introduced to try to prevent disabled people being discriminated against in terms of their access to public services. Recognising and embracing the DDA, we are committed to providing equality in access to and across the trunk road network for disabled people, and improving linkages to key destinations.
Over the past few years we have asked for your views and concerns about the road network we manage (motorways and principal A-roads). This has been through focus groups, online surveys, and face-to-face interviews at the annual Mobility Roadshow, as well as through talking to the organisations representing disabled people with whom we are now working closely. We have learned about your priorities and are taking action to respond to these.
Our actions include:
- Considering the needs of disabled people at all stages in the planning process, in consultation and collaboration with other parties.
- Ensuring good access arrangements for disabled people in and around developments near trunk roads.
- Raising awareness of disability issues amongst all Highways Agency staff.
- Upgrading existing facilities as new ideas are introduced.
- Working with public transport operators and local authorities to ensure that infrastructure improvements are implemented in tandem with service fleet changes (such as low-floor buses).
We will keep these pages up to date with news of ongoing projects and any new advice to help disabled people use our network safely and confidently. You can also speak to one of our Equality and Diversity Team by contacting us on 08457 50 40 30 (direct or via RNID Typetalk).
Top Features
This magazine is full of safety tips and advice to keep you as safe as possible on our roads. On this link, you'll also find a Safety Card to keep in your vehicle and a sign language film.
We are currently undertaking a programme of work to improve the accessibility of our existing infrastructure and make our network easier to use for disabled people.
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Our Traffic Officer staff are highly trained in highways safety and customer assistance. They are specifically trained in dealing with the requirements of disabled people.
Our commitment to equality and diversity runs through all our work from helping our customers with their journeys to designing roads to providing travel information.
