Traffic lights on busy motorway

TRAFFIC LIGHTS are to be installed on one of the busiest motorway junctions to beat congestion.

The scheme will see lights installed near the junction of the M6 and M62 in Warrington, Cheshire, as part of a £7m project.

Lights are used to control traffic joining motorways from slip roads, but the Highways England plans will see them on the link road from the M6 onto the eastbound M62. Highways England said signs and variable mandatory speed limits on the M62 will be used alongside the lights to “provide smoother traffic flows”.