A number of ‘smart’ junctions are set to be introduced in a multi-million pounds bid to cut severe congestion on the M25.
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Traffic lights will be linked up to other parts of the road network in the effort to prevent motorists grinding to a halt at the peak times on the UK’s busiest motorway.
A new hi-tech system would feed traffic information to the traffic lights at junction on the motorway. Therefore, if the motorway is getting too busy, the lights can be changed to hold back traffic for different lengths of time.
Highways England believed that the synchronised signalling will mean that they will be able to respond to traffic build ups more effectively.
The plan is set to be introduced later on in the year, the Times reported.
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The plan should mean that vehicles will be able to flow quicker at quiet times – though they may be held at junctions when the M25 is gridlocked.
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President of the AA, Edmund Kind told the Times: “Frankly there are too many junctions on the M25 and lots of the problems are caused by ‘junction hoppers’ who come on and off in the space of one junction and cause a domino effect when they brake.
he then continues to say: “It needs to be managed much more efficiently and hopefully this will help things.”
The introduction of the smart junctions is part of a £150 million plan to try and ease congestion and improve traffic lows on motorways and major A-roads across the country.
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