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EW MOVES to ensure that .affic flow would be slowed ; little as possible during the reater amount of motorway laintenance work expected ver the next few years were nnounced last week by ransport Secretary William odgers.
He told MPs that the Deartment would: j keep two lanes in each irection open in almost all ases; I carry out work at night Thenever and wherever posible; fl schedule works to avoid particularly busy periods, when this could be done; II programme works so that drivers had a sufficient interval with normal driving conditions between repair sites; 31 make sure drivers were ully informed of works, both by publicity and by advance signing.
Mr Rodgers said that the amount of motorway building in the 1960s and the success of these roads in attracting heavy lorries from less suitable routes now meant that many miles of surface were reaching the end of their serviceable life and needed substantial repair.
This year major repairs would be undertaken on 85 miles of motorway as compared with 50 miles last year. For the next few years maintenance was likely to be needed at this higher level.
Some interference with traffic flow was part of the unavoidable cost of the work, noted the Minister.