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• Transport secretary considers ban on floating bus stops in UK cycle lanes

  10-05-2024 15:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Cycling campaign groups warn such a move could preclude building of segregated bike routesUK politics live – latest updatesMinisters are considering banning a standard design feature for cycle lanes, the Guardian has learned, in a move campaign groups warn could make building separated bike routes on many main roads effectively impossible, and put riders at risk.Mark Harper, the transport secretary, is examining whether there should be a halt in the use of what are known as floa
  
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• M25 weekend closure: drivers told to follow signs or stay away

  10-05-2024 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  London’s orbital motorway to be shut along a busy stretch while gantry replaced and new bridge builtHighways authorities have urged motorists to steer clear of a southwestern section of the M25 from Friday night, when the second planned weekend closure of the London orbital motorway takes place.Tens of thousands of vehicles will be diverted on to local roads when one of the most used stretches of the UK’s busiest motorway is closed in both directions between junctions 9 and 10 to all
  
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