Motorway lights are being turned off
The move, which will leave stretches of road put into darkness between midnight and 5am, will also fight the UK’s carbon footprint.
That’s fine government- it’s not as though anyone drives after midnight and needs motorway lights to see or anything is it?! Thanks for looking out for the common driver.
Critics warned about road safety, proposals to switch off motorway lights at low usage times was one of the 1st policies after the new government called for the public to put forward ideas for the new Government.
The idea was described by the Department for Transport as one of the “constructive ideas” which it welcomed from voters.
The initiative coincides with the largest public spending squeeze in a generation, with the Department for Transport, receiving Whitehall’s largest cuts.
Trials are already being carried out in Southern and South West England with lights being switched off on sections of the M2, M4, M5 and M27.
Now the Department for Transport and Highways Agency are looking to extend the programme…
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