M25 closure this weekend

M25 closure this weekend

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-Cappo-

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19,909 posts

210 months

Tuesday 7th May
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Just seen that there's another full closure of the M25 this weekend, to facilitate more of the works at J10. Apparently the diversion route is 23 miles against 7 miles if the motorway was open).

Does anyone know just how bad it was last time? Different closure/diversion route this time but still significant. I had made arrangements to do two runs from Brands Hatch to Woking (Brands > Woking > Brands > Woking > Brands) but that suddenly doesn't seem like a very appealing prospect.

vikingaero

11,221 posts

176 months

Wednesday 8th May
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IIRC last time traffic was fairly light because of the adequate warnings and lower amounts of traffic. Looking at Google Maps there were about 4-5 miles of traffic queuing at each end.

This weekend could be a lot worse, longer closure, higher amounts of summer traffic, forecast good weather with sunshine @ 22C, and the current queues around the Clackletts/M25/M26 where they are installing the extra emergency refuges. All the local roads are likely to be busy - the A21, A25 etc.