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15/11/2010
Final Stop For M4's Bus Lane
This evening work will begin to remove the notorious M4 bus lane.
The eastbound lane, located between junctions 3 and 2, will be closed overnight and throughout the next four nights. The M4 westbound will also be closed.
Work will include the removal of road signs and markings and a revised layout will be employed.
In 1999, the 3.5-mile lane was launched by then Transport Secretary John Prescott.
However it was rarely used and not always enforced.
The current Transport Secretary Philip Hammond announced that the lane was to be suspended until the 2012 London Olympics.
He said: "Scrapping the M4 bus lane is symbolic of this Government's decision to end the war on the motorist.
"It ends the injustice suffered by thousands of drivers who sit in traffic next to an empty lane day in day out.
"We will monitor the suspension over the next 18 months, but my intention is to scrap the lane permanently after the London 2012 Olympics are over."
(BMcN/KMcA)
The eastbound lane, located between junctions 3 and 2, will be closed overnight and throughout the next four nights. The M4 westbound will also be closed.
Work will include the removal of road signs and markings and a revised layout will be employed.
In 1999, the 3.5-mile lane was launched by then Transport Secretary John Prescott.
However it was rarely used and not always enforced.
The current Transport Secretary Philip Hammond announced that the lane was to be suspended until the 2012 London Olympics.
He said: "Scrapping the M4 bus lane is symbolic of this Government's decision to end the war on the motorist.
"It ends the injustice suffered by thousands of drivers who sit in traffic next to an empty lane day in day out.
"We will monitor the suspension over the next 18 months, but my intention is to scrap the lane permanently after the London 2012 Olympics are over."
(BMcN/KMcA)
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