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,
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