M32 motorway diversion route, creating further traffic and congestion. The M32 forms a bottleneck at its northern end as it is the only link between the M4 and the A4174 Bristol Ring Road. In 2015, Chris Skidmore, Member of Parliament for Kingswood, launched the Gateway2Growth campaign, which would see a new road running from the M4 at Emersons Green to the A4174. Highways England are concerned that the M32, especially its elevated sections, will reach its planned end-of-life around 2020. Urgent works were recommended on the Eastville Viaduct in particular, which had deficient surfacing, barriers and lighting. A speed limit was placed
Benelli M4 competition. In early 1999, ARDEC awarded the M1014 Joint Service Combat Shotgun contract to Heckler & Koch, American subsidiary for importation of the Benelli M4 Combat Shotgun. The first units (count of 20,000) were delivered to the United States Marine Corps in 1999. During testing, the prototype was named "XM1014", but after adoption, the 'X' was dropped, and the weapon was officially designated the "M1014".<ref name="Benelli M4 Super 90 / M1014 JSCS Semi-Automatic Combat Shotgun February 05, 2014"></ref> The M4 was the first gas-operated shotgun produced by Benelli. Its function is designed around an entirely new method called the "auto