Driving home for Christmas? Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says almost 800 miles of roadworks will be cleared for five-day bubble period as the Government tries to prevent travel chaos Grant Shapps said 778 miles of motorway and A-road roadworks will be cleared Government is also postponing a wave of planned rail network maintenance Ministers hope … Read more
Drivers’ fury over ‘stupid’ 42-MILE diversion that adds over an hour to their journey… while engineers fit LED lights in a tunnel along 390ft stretch A 390ft stretch of closed road has resulted in a 42.2-mile diversion for drivers Lights in a tunnel on the A3066 in Dorset ‘need to be replaced with LED fittings’ … Read more
Instant car-ma! Workmen surround Kia with 6ft metal fences and start digging up street after driver leaves hatchback in roadworks area The driver left his Kia Rio 2 in a roadworks area in Whitechapel, East London Workmen surrounded it with metal fencing and started digging up the road A passerby posted a photo on Facebook with the … Read more
Speed limits will be raised on sections of motorway affected by roadworks to cut journey times and ease drivers’ frustrations, Highways England says Speed limits will be raised on parts of the motorway affected by roadworks Highways England said 50mph limits near roadworks would increase to 60mph Trials over 18 months found that safety could … Read more
London drivers have vented their anger as they faced more than 200 roadworks in the capital just as rush-hour congestion levels shot up significantly while people are still advised to avoid public transport when returning to work. Data from the AA showed there were 206 separate roadworks within the M25 today, including for telecoms, gas … Read more