Saturday 26 November 2022 02:02 AM Transport Secretary Mark Harper brands smart motorways as 'safe' trends now
Saturday 26 November 2022 02:02 AM Transport Secretary Mark Harper brands smart motorways as 'safe' trends now
Fears more smart motorways are on the way after Transport Secretary Mark Harper described them as 'safe' - just weeks after PM Rishi Sunak branded them the complete opposite Transport Secretary Mark Harper contradicts Rishi Sunak branding them unsafe Smart motorways have hard shoulder removed and turned into another lane The PM has been accused of betrayal after not acting on pledge for a ban
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The Transport Secretary has controversially described smart motorways as ‘safe’, raising fears ministers will try to justify building more.
Mark Harper’s comments contradict those made by Rishi Sunak during the Tory leadership race this summer, when he branded the roads ‘unsafe’.
The Prime Minister has since been accused of betraying grieving
