The MSA will be located on the western side of the motorway between Junctions 48 and 49, with access to both the northbound and southbound carriageways.

The services at Kirby Hill had a protracted approval process, being awarded in 2021, some 25 years after it was first proposed.

The section of road between Ferrybridge and Scotch Corner/Barton interchange was upgraded to motorway status gradually between 1999 and 2018.

[7] The local opposition to the MSA stated that they had been fighting for 25 years with the same arguments, and that the planning system had been changed in the intervening years; "We feel that the thing that has changed here is the planning system, not the facts.

[9] The works for a junction on the motorway will require the A168 road to be moved eastwards from its current location.