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Motorways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of smart motorways.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
18 Oct 2024
Target answer date
22 Oct 2024
Answer
28 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the (a) costs and (b) benefits of smart motorways.

  2. 22 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    National Highways publish reviews on major road schemes which measure their impact against anticipated benefits.National Highways also report on safety data annually, with the latest published data showing, overall, all three types of smart motorway are s...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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