Motorways

Are motorway services open in lockdown? Are they Covid-secure?

New lockdown restrictions are now in force nationally. This is how they affect motorway service stations.

Operation Brock replaces Operation Stack on M20 in Kent

Operation Brock has been deployed on the M20 motorway in Kent after queues of trucks continued to build up due to the closure of the French border.

Operation Stack returns on M20 to manage EU travel bans

The discovery of a mutation variant of coronavirus has led many EU countries to ban arrivals from the UK, leading to lorries stacking on the M20 motorway.

Eat Out To Help Out: the motorway services taking part

The major motorway services operators are taking part in the government's ‘eat out to help out’ scheme, with 50 percent discounts available to visitors.

Revealed: the slowest motorways in England

It will come as no surprise to motorists forced to use it on a daily basis, but the Dartford Crossing is named the slowest section of motorway in England.

The M11 is named England’s best motorway

The M11 is named England's best motorway in a Transport Focus survey of 8,000 road users. The news is less positive for the M20, M23 and M4.

Opinion: we need more motorway cameras

As police traffic cop numbers dwindle, we have a solution...

Ministers call for an end to lengthy roadworks

It's the news the beleaguered motorist has been waiting for: an end to what feels like roadworks that go on for miles and miles....