M62 bucks trend with fewer hold-ups

Nov 17 2009 Huddersfield Daily Examiner

THE M62 is suffering from less congestion, it is claimed.

Queues and jams on the busy stretch of the M62 near to Cleckheaton, Bradford and Leeds have fallen 18% compared with October 2008, according to the figures from driving services company Trafficmaster.

The organisation says the same also applied to the M621 motorway from the M62 into Leeds.

The drop is out of step with the rest of the country, with the figures reporting an average congestion increase of 11% in England.

Georgina Read from Trafficmaster said: “There are several factors to bear in mind when looking at these figures.

“The period we are comparing this with – October 2008 – was at the height of the recession with the biggest recorded drops in congestion we saw that year.

“So to see an increase is good news, but it still doesn’t put us anywhere near pre-recession levels.