Scrapping the scheme would avoid “damaging impacts”, according to Malcolm Parsons, interim delivery director for transport infrastructure at the combined authority, caused by the planned changes. This includes traffic spilling over into residential areas, like Fishponds or Frenchay.
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00:00Transport planners have scrapped a project to build a park and ride at a junction 1 of
00:09the M32 motorway in Bristol. The project included installing new bus lanes on the M32 to encourage
00:17drivers to use the new park and ride system. Traffic modelling suggests drivers would instead
00:24use residential roads as alternative routes if there was less space on the motorway. This
00:30would make residential areas more polluted and even slow down some bus routes, according
00:36to the West of England Combined Authority.
00:39Building a park and ride at the M32 has been discussed for at least two decades and was
00:44previously backed by the former Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees and former South Gloucestershire
00:48Council leader Toby Savage, but South Gloucestershire withdrew their support earlier this year. One
00:54issue of concern was the disrupt to local roads close to the junction on the motorway.