M32 motorway award that year, adding that the M32 had created a "concrete divide" between Eastville, St Paul's and Easton. Local residents have complained about the noise on the M32. A report by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs showed that traffic noise can be as loud as 75 decibels in neighbouring estates. In 2014, a petition was created to campaign Bristol City Council to install quieter road surfaces and noise barriers along the motorway. In 2011, a council gardening scheme created a horticultural landscape next to the southern end of the M32. The project included planting of red poppies,
HMS Cottesmore (M32) HMS Cottesmore (M32) HMS "Cottesmore" was a of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1982 and converted in 1997 into a patrol vessel. The ship was declared surplus to requirement and put on the MoD list for disposal in 2004. In 2008 she was bought by Lithuania, along with . Lieutenant Commander Prince Andrew, Duke of York commanded "Cottesmore" from April 1993 until November 1994. She was decommissioned by the Royal Navy in September 2005. The ship's bell and other memorabilia were presented to the village of Cottesmore, Rutland. The ship entered service with the Lithuanian Navy as M53 "Skalvis".