Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport

Stop all smart motorways and re-instate all hard shoulders

Closed 347 signatures

What the petition asks

We want all motorways to have hard shoulders and safety refuge areas. The Government should abolish smart motorways, as we believe they are not safe.
We think re-instating hard shoulders will help protect all motorway users and could also assist emergency services to get to an accident, breakdown or emergency sooner.

Timeline

30 Apr 2024 Petition opened for signatures
29 May 2024 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 347
Status Closed
Department Department for Transport
Opened 30 Apr 2024
Closed 29 May 2024

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.