It was in some ways a Faustian bargain, ensuring roads across the country would be bike-accessible but requiring cyclists to follow rules intended for much larger, more dangerous vehicles.
He said: "Our highways teams are busy ensuring roads are passable and blocked gullies are cleared.
It seems, therefore, that older drivers' compensatory strategies may not always be sufficient to ensure road safety.
(b) motorway services can reduce the number of available lanes to users to ensure road maintenance.
"Alongside our national policy statement which supports a balanced package of developments across the road and rail networks - including investment in sustainable transport - our plans will ensure road users get a network that is fit for the 21st Century".
In supporting winter road maintenance, the weather and pavement surface temperatures of heavy traffic routes shall be collected and monitored constantly to ensure road safety based on timely decision making in salt spreading and snow plowing.
Supt Lawrence Hobbs said the force would "maintain a few officers in the area, mostly to ensure road safety, but we don't expect protesters to remain in the area now that the focus of their protest has departed".
"Amey will continue to focus our front line efforts on treating affected areas to ensure roads are kept open wherever possible.
On a growing number of roads from Singapore to San Diego, tolls are being adjusted by the time of day to ensure roads operate efficiently without congestion, with revenues funding better public transportation.
"Officers continue to work through the night to facilitate the clean-up operation, ensure roads are reopened and the area returns to normality in time for the New Year's Day parade".
