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
Foreword
The Government's aim is to make better use of the existing trunk road network to bring about a sustainable, modern and integrated transport
system. An important step in achieving this will be to exploit new technology to provide better information to drivers and co-ordinate traffic flows across the network. As part of this aim we announced in the Integrated White Paper that we had asked the Highways Agency to work up proposals for Traffic Control Centres. This document sets out the proposals envisaged for this vital project.
The Highways Agency will use the Traffic Control Centre project to manage actively the level and flow of traffic on the network. It will also provide road users with high quality information to make informed choices about how and when they travel.
The TCC project is a key part of the Agency's strategy for developing the new role the Government has given it as a network operator. It will greatly improve the Agency's ability to manage the traffic flows on the motorway and trunk road network in addition to maintaining and improving it. I am looking forward to this important project being delivered as quickly as possible, in partnership with the private sector.
Lord Whitty,
Roads Minister
