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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
The ITB Process
View the Influencing Travel Behaviour Process Flowchart (16KB GIF Image)
Benefits
- Reduced CO2 emissions
- Improved safety
- Improved journey information
- More reliable journeys
- Improved public transport
- Improved staff morale
- Reduction in congestion related incidents
- Increase in people using different forms of transport
- Greater fuel economy
- Healthier lifestyle
- Reduction in the number of people making journeys with only one person in the car
- Better air quality
- Drivers have better journeys due to less congestion
- Reduced noise pollution for local people
