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Safety measures for smart motorways announced by Grant Shapps following deaths

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox No new smart motorways without a hard shoulder will open in England unless radar technology to detect broken-down vehicles is installed, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.

The Cabinet minister also said retrofitting the Stopped Vehicle Detection (SVD) system to the existing network will be accelerated by Highways England.

An action plan launched by Mr Shapps in March 2020 included a deadline of rolling out SVD across the entire network by March 2023, but this will now be completed by September next year.

There is growing concern over all lane running (ALR) smart motorways – which involve the hard shoulder being converted into a running lane – due

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