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• A plan to widen motor without the use of contrafl and cutting construction ti by 50% has been unveiled Transport Secretary Paul Channon.
Called "parallel widenini involves the construction ( three new lanes and a hari shoulder alongside the md: carriageway. While work i going on, traffic will be ge ally unaffected. A contra& would not be needed and would be a minimum two-I flow with hard shoulder in direction, and a central re: between opposing flows of fic at all times.
Channon reckons the te que will greatly reduce di( number of accidents. It wi tested on a 21km stretch the M5 in Hereford and Worcester between Ward( (junction 6) and Strenshan (junction 8).
Department of Transpoi officials estimate that accit involving some 190 injuriel 10 deaths per year will be avoided. The project will t two and a half years to coi plete, compared with four years using the traditional method.
"It is not the panacea fo motorway widening," Chai concedes. "This section ol M5 is particularly suited."