2018 No. 11
The M32 Motorway (Bus Lane and Speed Limit) Regulations 2018
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) and (3) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19841.
Representative organisations have been consulted in accordance with section 134(2) of that Act.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the M32 Motorway (Bus Lane and Speed Limit) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 31st January 2018.
Interpretation2
In these Regulations—
“bus”, “solo motorcycle” and “taxi” have the same meaning as in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 20162;
“junction 3” means the Lower Ashley Road Interchange at junction 3 of the M32;
“motorway” has the same meaning as in the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 19823;
“M32” means the M32 motorway;
“the bus lane” means the length of the M32 specified in Schedule 1; and
“traffic officer” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Traffic Management Act 20044.
Bus lane restriction3
1
Subject to paragraph (2), no person shall cause or permit a motor vehicle to enter, or proceed along, the bus lane.
2
Paragraph (1) does not apply to—
a
a bus, solo motorcycle or taxi;
b
a vehicle being used for police, ambulance or fire and rescue authority purposes;
c
anything done at the direction or with the permission of a police constable, or a traffic officer, in uniform;
d
a vehicle being used in connection with—
i
the removal of any obstruction to traffic on or near the bus lane;
ii
the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of the bus lane or any adjoining road;
iii
the laying, erection, alteration or repair of any sewer or of any main, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity or of any electronic communications apparatus as defined in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Telecommunications Act 19845 in or near the bus lane; or
iv
the placing, maintenance or removal of any traffic sign in or near the bus lane.
Imposition of speed limit4
No person shall drive a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 40 miles per hour on the lengths of the M32 specified in Schedule 2.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
SCHEDULE 1The bus lane
The offside lane of the south-westbound carriageway from a point 31 metres south-west of the centre point of the Severn Beach Railway Line Overbridge to the end of the M32 being a point 101 metres south-west of the centre of junction 3.
SCHEDULE 2Lengths of the M32 subject to speed limit
1. The north-eastbound carriageway from the start of the M32 being a point 101 metres south-west of the centre of junction 3 to a point 22 metres north-east of the centre point of the Severn Beach Railway Line Overbridge.
2. The south-westbound carriageway from a point 22 metres north-east of the centre point of the Severn Beach Railway Line Overbridge to the end of the M32 being a point 101 metres south-west of the centre of junction 3.
3. The north-eastbound entry slip road at junction 3 from the eastern edge of the junction with Mina Road to the merge with the north-eastbound carriageway.
4. The south-westbound exit slip road at junction 3 from the diverge from the south-westbound carriageway to the point where the road known as the B5041 (Mill Pond Street) joins the slip road.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)