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All lane running inquiry

Inquiry

The Transport Committee publishes a report, warning that the Government should not proceed with 'all lane running' schemes while major safety concerns exist.

Government Response


Several "all-lane running" motorway schemes in sections of the M1, M4, M5, M6, M42 and M62 are in operation either as part of a managed motorway or with the hard shoulder used as a full-time running lane. Use of all-lane running looks set to expand and the Transport Committee evaluates the evidence generated to date and gathers information on the experiences of road users.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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6th Special Report - All lane running: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2016–17
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HC 858
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5th Report - All lane running: Government response
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2nd Report - All lane running
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Correspondence

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Letter from John Hayes CBE MP to Louise Ellman MP regarding All Lane Running, 10 February 2017
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Letter from Andrew Jones MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport, 21 June 2016
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Oral evidence transcripts

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9 May 2016
Inquiry All lane running inquiry
Witnesses Dave Gregory, and Richard Goddard, European Rescue and Recovery Initiative Committee; Andrew Jones MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, and Jon Griffiths, Deputy Director, Road Investment Strategy, Department for Transport, and Mike Wilson, Chief Operations Officer, Highways England (at 4.45pm).
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18 April 2016
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Witnesses David Bizley, Chief Engineer, RAC, and Edmund King OBE, President, AA; Simon Wickenden, and DCI John Oldham, Metropolitan Police, Tim Cutbill, and David Bulbrook, London Fire Brigade (at 4.45pm); Dave Allen, and Neil Turner, Prospect (at 5.25pm).
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Written evidence

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Highways England (supplementary evidence) (ALR0031)
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Association of Vehicle Recovery Operators Ltd (ALR0030)
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Messrs Baker (ALR0029)
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