By October 2007, any hopes of junction 31 finally being built were dashed when Cardiff Council denied the planning application and renewed plans for the Thornhill interchange were abandoned.
Junction 8/9 near Maidenhead, Berkshire, and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire is the only one in the UK with dual numbers. This arose at the time when the M4 turned north near junction 8, where it met the A308, and headed for the original junction 9, where the motorway ended at a roundabout interchange with the A4.