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National Highways are adding Emergency Refuge Areas to the M1 Smart Motorway as part of a £390 national programme. A National Highways spokesperson said their data "shows that the roads where there's no permanent hard shoulder are the safest roads on our motorway network". A Department for Transport (DfT) spokesperson said the government had already cancelled plans for all new smart motorway schemes, recognising public concerns. Image Credit: Michael Garner