What do you think of the A4 bus lanes trial?
THE Slough Conservatives are demanding the government intervene in the council’s controversial A4 bus lanes trial.
The opposing Tories revealed they have written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, to intervene and review the council’s ‘rushed’ and ‘botched’ implementation of bus lanes from Huntercombe Spur to Uxbridge Road.
They have also called for the government to look into Slough Borough Council’s ‘abuse’ of its grant from the active travel fund – the local authority received over £200,000 with around £50,000 spent on the bus and cycle lanes.
In the letter, the Slough Conservatives believe the experimental trial has done the exact opposite of what the scheme set out to do without any public consultation.
They believe the bus lanes have increased traffic congestion, made air quality worse due to long queues, worsened public safety, not improved social distancing and believe the council has ‘misused’ public funds...
The opposing Tories revealed they have written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Grant Shapps, to intervene and review the council’s ‘rushed’ and ‘botched’ implementation of bus lanes from Huntercombe Spur to Uxbridge Road.
They have also called for the government to look into Slough Borough Council’s ‘abuse’ of its grant from the active travel fund – the local authority received over £200,000 with around £50,000 spent on the bus and cycle lanes.
In the letter, the Slough Conservatives believe the experimental trial has done the exact opposite of what the scheme set out to do without any public consultation.
They believe the bus lanes have increased traffic congestion, made air quality worse due to long queues, worsened public safety, not improved social distancing and believe the council has ‘misused’ public funds...
