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
Traffic Officers in Your Area
Traffic Officers patrol the whole of England’s motorway network. There are around 1,500 Traffic Officers and team managers based on road and in the control rooms working to reduce incident related congestion, improve journey time reliability, improve safety and free up police resoureces to focus on criminal activity, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
By clearing incidents quickly, Traffic Officers reduce the impact of incident related congestion and also reduce the risk of secondary incidents.
The map below shows the routes that the Traffic Officers patrol across England.




