Work to enable motorists to use the hard shoulder on a busy stretch of the M6 through our area is to begin in April 2009 according to an announcement by the Highways Agency yesterday (Friday).
It will run from Junction 8 to 10a of the M6 which was designed to be used by 72,000 vehicles a day but is now used by 150,000 every day!
Welcoming the news cllr Ian Shires said ” Evidence from similar work on the M42 has shown a reduction in congestion which in turn leads to reduced pollution so this will be good news for the residents of New Invention and Short Heath.”
“However I am concerned at the lack of consultation. Refuges are to be created every 800m. I have asked the Highways Agency for details of where these are to be put as they may affect some residents living alongside the motorway” he concluded.
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