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
Benefits TCCs will bring
The TCCs will benefit travellers, particularly road users, by:
- Providing quality traffic and travel information to travellers even before they start a journey and helping them decide the best way to reach their destination. This will help to balance traffic across the network and encourage drivers to consider alternative forms of transport, to change their time of travel, or perhaps encourage them not to travel at all.
- Providing roadside information, via a national network of variable message signs, advising drivers of conditions on the network and suggesting alternative routes or other means of travel. This will warn drivers of queues ahead, help the police to manage traffic after accidents and help smooth flows to minimise 'stop-start' conditions.
- Making relevant and reliable information available to private sector organisations for them to pass onto their
customers both in their vehicles and before they start their journeys. - Helping the police and other emergency services by removing some of the burden of dealing with congestion caused by incidents on the network.
- Improving monitoring of the network performance aiding better management.
- Providing an organisational and technical framework for the introduction of new traffic systems (eg ramp metering) as they become generally available.
