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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
Why do we need the ITB programme?
DfT Smarter Choices - Changing the way we travel - dated June 2005
This report describes the impact of a number of things we can do without building new roads. These could include: travel plans, helping people to plan their own journeys, travel awareness campaigns, car clubs and car sharing schemes; home working, teleconferencing and home shopping.
DfT LTP2 Guidance - dated 2004
The Transport Act 2000 requires most local transport authorities in England, outside London, to produce and implement a Local Transport Plan, taking account of guidelines issued by the Transport Secretary. This has set the agenda for the councils responsible for local roads to incorporate *smarter travel choices within their local transport plans.
* 'Smarter travel choices' are techniques for influencing people's travel behaviour towards more sustainable options such as encouraging school, workplace and individualised travel planning. They also seek to improve public transport and marketing services such as travel awareness campaigns, setting up websites for car share schemes, supporting car clubs and encouraging teleworking.
