Motorways
(asked on 7th January 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the total cost of the smart motorway programme to date, broken down by each motorway.
National Highways has managed smart motorways as a programme since 2013. The total spend to date on reconfiguring sections of the motorway network to predominantly All Lane Running (ALR) smart motorways in England since 2013 is £5.075 billion. The table below breaks this down by each motorway scheme:
ALR scheme | £m |
M1 junctions 13 to 16 | 452.5 |
M1 junctions 19 to 16 | 192.6 |
M1 junctions 23a to 24 | 46.3 |
M1 junctions 24 to 25 | 97.3 |
M1 junctions 28 to 31 | 203.5 |
M1 junctions 32 to 35a | 108.7 |
M1 junctions 39 to 42 | 124.1 |
M20 junctions 3 to 5 | 146.4 |
M23 junctions 8 to 10 | 227.7 |
M25 junctions 23 to 27 | 159.5 |
M25 junctions 5 to 7 | 105.1 |
M27 junctions 4 to 11 | 281.4 |
M3 junctions 2 to 4a | 182.4 |
M4 junctions 3 to 12 | 922.8 |
M5 junctions 4a to 6 | 133.6 |
M56 junctions 6 to 8 | 100.9 |
M6 junctions 10a to 13 | 97.0 |
M6 junctions 13 to 15 | 305.4 |
M6 junctions 16 to 19 | 253.8 |
M6 junctions 2 to 4 | 220.2 |
M6 junctions 21a to 26 | 267.5 |
M62 junctions 10 to 12 | 148.7 |
M62 junctions 18 to 20 | 297.6 |
Total | 5,075 |
In addition, National Highways is investing £900 million over the second road investment strategy (RIS2) to add further safety features to smart motorways. This includes £390 million to construct over 150 additional emergency areas on existing ALR smart motorways, which is due to complete in March.
This government takes road safety very seriously, we have been clear, we will not roll out new smart motorways.