M62 - Your Local History
A lot of finds were uncovered during the archaeological evaluation carried out for the M62 Junction 6 Improvement scheme so we thought it would be nice to provide an interactive website so you can see what we found.
Better information for your journey
The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions
Don't Cross or Walk Along Motorways
The Highways Agency aims to make more people aware of the dangers of walking or crossing our motorway. We have launched a poster and radio campaign aimed at 16-25yr olds. Hopefully with our hard hitting posters, our message will come across.
Educating tomorrow's drivers
See how we are driving through key messages about safety on our network for the drivers of tomorrow.
Meet the Ancestors
Find out about the history of roads and the work the Agency does to preserve archaeological remains.
See when traffic will be lightest
Our traffic forecaster can help get you there quicker
Research Compendium
Welcome
The Highways Agency key aims, in the face of continuing increases in demand for journeys, are to tackle unreliability, improve safety and provide better information to help road users make better decisions as they plan their journeys and travel. We will continue in our efforts to mitigate the environmental impact of using, maintaining and improving our network, working with our business partners to tackle the adverse impacts of transport on climate, health and quality of life. We also want to work with road users to help them reduce their environmental impacts.
Research continues to play an important role in supporting the HA's operational objectives and further development of its role as a traffic operator. As an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT), the HA carries out operationally- focused research to complement DfT's policy programmes. The management and delivery of the programme will focus on four main programme themes:
- Safe and Serviceable Network (SSN).
- Managing Traffic (MT).
- Influencing Travel (IT).
- Being a responsible owner (BRO).
The current proposed programme will be subject to periodic change.
The primary aim of the Compendium is the dissemination of results of the Agency's research, but we also hope it will be a vehicle for dialogue on research issues. We welcome all queries, suggestions for new areas of research, and comments on the Compendium itself, using the feedback facility.
We hope that you find the Compendium an interesting and useful source of information.
