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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
Disability - Accessibility of the Strategic Road Network
Responding to the Disability Discrimination Act
The Highways Agency embraces the ethos behind the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). We are fully committed to improving accessibility for disabled people who need and want to use the strategic road network. 
Since the DDA was introduced we have reviewed and fully updated our design standards to reflect its requirements. For example, our road improvement schemes provide features such as tactile paving, dropped kerbs and raising footways at bus stops.
However, as much of our network was constructed many years ago, we must also improve the accessibility of our existing facilities. As such, we looked at all of our network infrastructure, such as lay-bys and crossings, where there are potential constraints to mobility, so that we could develop a programme to tackle these.
Listening to our disabled customers
Of primary importance to us is making sure that our DDA programme represents the priorities and interests of our disabled customers. As such, over the past few months, we have contacted and consulted organisations representing a diverse range of disabilities. It was important to get obtain their advice when deciding where funding should be allocated to be of most value to disabled people.
The consultation delivered a clear message to us. The most important facilities to make more accessible are pavements (including pedestrian crossings); bus stops and emergency roadside telephones. You told us that prioritising these network improvements could realise significant benefits for disabled people.
Our action plan
We have an action plan to take forward the priorities identified by disabled people. Increased funding is available this year to bring about the access changes required.
You can read more about our accessibility programme in our publication 'Disability - Accessibility of the Strategic Road Network'. This provides more details on the consultation undertaken and the action plan that we are following.
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