So answer is more refuges and removal of dynamic hard shoulder by 2025 plus other changes:
Other measures announced to improve safety included:
Speeding up the deployment of stopped vehicle detection technology to cover the network within the next three years, allowing problems to be spotted within 20 seconds and lanes to be closed more quickly.
Faster attendance by more Highways England traffic officer patrols on smart motorways.
Reducing the distance between places to stop in an emergency to three quarters of a mile where feasible, and to a maximum of 1 mile.
Building 10 more emergency areas on the M25 where there has been a higher rate of breakdown.
Making emergency areas more visible with a bright orange surface, and better signed.
A £5m campaign to increase public awareness and knowledge of smart motorways.
Automatic detection of and enforcement action against drivers ignoring the red “X” sign in closed lanes.
www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/mar/12/government-smart-motorways-safety-hard-shoulder
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