Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Written Statement of 12 March 2020 on Strategic roads update: smart motorways evidence stocktake, HCWS155, what progress he has made on the implementation of that review's recommendations; and if he will make a statement.
Further to my answer of 11 January 2021, on 25 January 2021 the Secretary of State held a meeting with Highways England to discuss progress. He has asked for a report setting out progress in delivering the 18-point smart motorway action plan and which identifies actions that can be delivered early by 12 March 2021, so any accelerated works can be rapidly put in place.