M4 Bus Lane - Highways Agency - Data Held

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Dear Hounslow Borough Council,

Please provide a list of all reports known to the Council which analyse the M4 Bus Lane.
This is to include a brief description of the contents of each.

In particular, list all reports to the Council on this bus lane.

What before and / or after data is held to the knowledge of the Council of the effects of the M4 Bus Lane?

What was the consultation process before it was introduced?

What was the analysis that suggested the M4 Bus Lane might be beneficial?

What communications have been sent by the Council to government bodies or ministers regarding this bus lane?

Yours faithfully,

Mark Black

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Dear Mr Black,

Thank you for your email.

As the road in question is not a Borough Road, you will have to contact Transport for London for further help on this.

They can be contacted on [email address]

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Customer Relations
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London Borough of Hounslow

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Dear environmentcomplaints,

Thank you for your reply, however it is not acceptable.

I asked you to about information the council has and actions that the council may have taken.

"list all reports to the Council on this bus lane."

"What communications have been sent by the Council to government bodies or ministers regarding this bus lane?"

You are required to confirm whether you hold any of the information I asked for, and normally to provide me with copies.

Please reconsider your reply.

Yours sincerely,

Mark Black

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environmentcomplaints, Hounslow Borough Council

Dear Mr Black,

The bus lane was introduced in 1999. LBH may well have been consulted at the time but records that far back would almost certainly have been destroyed by now.

I don't believe that there has been any communication to LBH on this issue from Department for Transport /Highways Agency. What we know is what we have read in the media, EG:

"An unpopular bus lane on a busy motorway, introduced by the former Transport Secretary John Prescott in 1999, is to be scrapped, it was revealed today.
Current Transport Secretary Philip Hammond will announce on Monday that the 3.5 mile-long lane on a London-bound section of the M4 will be suspended from December 24 until the London Olympics start in July 2012.
Mr Hammond will say that, after the Olympics, he plans to scrap the lane permanently."

I regret that we are unable to help further with this.

Kind regards,

Customer Relations
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Environment Department
London Borough of Hounslow

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