By Daily Mail Reporter UPDATED: 01:49 EST, 29 August 2011 Motorways are have to have their hard-shoulders opened up in a string of plans aimed at reducing congestion, it emerged today. Radical proposals for 19 separate schemes on Britain's motorways are currently under consideration. Twelve of these will include widening the roads to four lanes. The plans could see parts of the M60 near Manchester, the M1 near Wakefield and the M25 around London switched to 'managed motorways'. While the A14 from Rugby to Felixstowe would be hived off to private firms to convert to a toll road. Congestion: Traffic moves along the M1 close to junction 10, where part of the motorway could be widened by opening up the hard shoulder
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Road controllers will monitor cars through network of speed cameras
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127-mile toll road planned from Rugby to Felixstowe
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