Possible Clues:

• Area at the side of a motorway
• Emergency services use it for physical activity on pitch
• Part of motorway is required to receive firmer coating
• Strip by a busy road, revealing tough bit of anatomy!
• Part of motorway, not easy to bear
• Motorway edge
• Cry uncomfortably here after breakdown?
• Ought to get in more concrete for road in case of emergency
• The woman crossing a road should beware of traffic stopped here!
• Motorway edging