Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon has suggested plans to widen the M6, M1, M62 and M25 will be dropped.

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Asked about the story, Mr Hoon did not deny it, but told Sky News: "What we're proposing is to use the hard shoulder on a number of our motorways in order to relieve congestion at peak times."