The UK’s busiest road will shut this weekend for the first time - here’s how to avoid traffic chaos for drivers who still plan to travel.
The M25 is to shut between junctions 10 and 11 in Surrey from 9pm Friday 15 to 6am Monday 18 March.Drivers have been warned only to travel if necessary as the closure is expected to cause heavy congestion.But those who still need to travel have been given one piece of advice: don’t use a sat-nav in the diversion area. Drivers should only follow the official diversions when travelling around the closed-off area, which will add an hour to the usual time, National Highways has said.
Jonathan Wade, the project leader at National Highways, said how well the surrounding area copes with the closure will largely depend on whether drivers stick to official diversions. He said: “How many people are going to take the initiative and try and use sat-navs?“There’s probably a greater risk of congestion by people just doing their own thing and thinking they can perhaps beat the signs and find a shorter or quicker route.
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