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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.
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
Ramp Metering
What Is Ramp Metering?
The Highways Agency is continually looking at ways of keeping motorways and trunk roads running smoothly. Ramp metering is a traffic management technique which manages the number of vehicles joining a motorway at peak periods.
The ramp metering system uses part-time signals on the slip road to control, or 'meter', the rate at which vehicles can join the motorway. During busy periods, signals split the merging traffic into 'platoons' and release just a few vehicles at a time. This prevents merging and mainline traffic from bunching together and creating a bottleneck which delays everyone.
Traffic conditions are monitored and signal timings are constantly updated. The system also monitors the slip road to ensure that queues do not back up onto the surrounding local roads.
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