Most of Britain’s smart motorways are poor value for money, official reports find
AA says long-awaited evaluations show schemes are a ‘catastrophic waste of time, money and effort’Business live – latest updatesMost of Britain’s smart motorway schemes have proved poor or very poor value for money, according to assessments by the government agency that built them.Official...
<p>AA says long-awaited evaluations show schemes are a ‘catastrophic waste of time, money and effort’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/feb/06/uk-house-prices-jump-halifax-stock-markets-inflation-latest-news-updates">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Most of Britain’s smart motorway schemes have proved poor or very poor value for money, according to assessments by the government agency that built them.</p><p>Official evaluations from National Highways, some of which had been held back by the Department for Transport (DfT) since completion in 2023, showed that a slew of big projects to convert the hard shoulder on the M1, M4, M6 and M25 were rated as “poor” or “very poor” value.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/06/smart-motorways-poor-value-report-aa">Continue reading...</a>
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