Smart Motorways Introduction
Dear Highways England Company Limited,
The supporting papers at every stage of the project management
The potential cost to lives
Policy and Procedures
Warning motorists would be more likely to become dangerously stranded
The recommendations to adopt technology to reduce the risk of a fatal accident the radar technology called Stationary Vehicle Detection
The decisions not to adopt technology to reduce the risk of a fatal accident
The internal Highways Agency cost-benefit analysis produced in 2016 in which the potential dangers of removing the hard shoulder are presented
How it was concluded Smart motorways would be as safe or safer than regular motorways.
All information.
Yours faithfully,
Charles J. Wilson
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Dear Mr Wilson
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Dear SES Official Correspondence,
You've not explained how you calculated the cost or how I could narrow the scope of the request.
Please address 1,2 and 3.
Yours sincerely,
Charles J. Wilson
Dear Mr Wilson
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Dear SES Official Correspondence,
I restricted my request to:
1 All information relating to the consideration, review, calculations and decisions
relating to ALR bespoke emergency refuge areas
2 All information relating to measurements of refuges, their length and frequency in
relation to vehicle lengths and speed at 70mph, 21m thinking and 75m braking.
3 All information relating to the design length for entry, 25m, the stopping area 30m
and exit 45m. What calculation is this based upon?
Yours sincerely,
Charles J. Wilson
Dear Mr Wilson
Thank you for your email of 6 February regarding FOI request reference
100781.
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o Would you like to now withdraw one FOI request?
o Is there further reduction of scope you’d like to send for this FOI
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Dear Mr Wilson
Just wanted to see if you had safely received our below email of 7
February?
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From: SES Official Correspondence
Sent: 07 February 2020 09:09
To: Charles J. Wilson <[FOI #640227 email]>
Subject: Highways England Response- FOI 100781
Dear Mr Wilson
Thank you for your email of 6 February regarding FOI request reference
100781.
The below email is the same as your reply for 100776- could you please
kindly confirm:-
o Was this email was sent in error?
o Would you like to now withdraw one FOI request?
o Is there further reduction of scope you’d like to send for this FOI
request?
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Highways England
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Dear Mr Wilson
Just wanted to check if you have received our emails of 18 February and 7
February.
Please do let us know if you wish to proceed with this FOI.
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Highways England
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From: SES Official Correspondence
Sent: 18 February 2020 11:02
To: 'Charles J. Wilson' <[FOI #640227 email]>
Subject: Highways England Response- FOI 100781
Dear Mr Wilson
Just wanted to see if you had safely received our below email of 7
February?
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From: SES Official Correspondence
Sent: 07 February 2020 09:09
To: Charles J. Wilson <[4][FOI #640227 email]>
Subject: Highways England Response- FOI 100781
Dear Mr Wilson
Thank you for your email of 6 February regarding FOI request reference
100781.
The below email is the same as your reply for 100776- could you please
kindly confirm:-
o Was this email was sent in error?
o Would you like to now withdraw one FOI request?
o Is there further reduction of scope you’d like to send for this FOI
request?
Thank you again for contacting us. If there’s anything else we can help
you with please telephone or email our contact centre, 0300 123 5000 or
email [5][Highways England request email].
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Safety, Engineering & Standards
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Dear Mr Wilson
Further to your original FOI request dated 31 January 2020, please find
enclosed further response.
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you with please telephone or email our contact centre, 0300 123 5000 or
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Official Correspondence Team
Highways England
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Dear SES Official Correspondence,
Dear Highways England Company Limited,
The supporting papers at every stage of the project management
How it was concluded Smart motorways would be as safe or safer than regular motorways.
Yours sincerely,
Charles J. Wilson
Dear Mr Wilson
Thank you for your freedom of information request dated 3 March 2020.
Please find attached response.
Thank you again for contacting us. If there’s anything else we can help
you with please telephone or email our contact centre, 0300 123 5000 or
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Highways England
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Dear SES Official Correspondence,
1. dynamic hard shoulder, or all lane running
2. when will it be published
Yours sincerely,
Charles J. Wilson
Dear Mr Wilson
Thank you for your email of 1 June. Please find attached response.
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you with please telephone or email our contact centre, 0300 123 5000 or
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