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Title: M5 closure: Drivers stuck for hours in freezing temperatures - 8 Dec 2017 Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 08, 2017, 23:19:02 From the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42288965):
Quote M5 closure: Drivers stuck for hours in freezing temperatures (https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/660/cpsprodpb/B7F4/production/_99129074_queuingm5traffic.jpg) Some motorists said they were stuck on the closed motorway for more than four hours Drivers were left stuck in vehicles for several hours in freezing temperatures as the M5 was shut in both directions. It followed "concerns for the welfare of a man" on a bridge at junction 28, near Cullompton, at about 16:00 GMT, police said. Just after 20:40, Devon and Cornwall Police said the man had been moved from the bridge and the road was reopening. The closure caused traffic jams stretching back for seven miles (11km) from the bridge, in mid-Devon. Highways England confirmed the motorway was "fully open" at 21:43 after work to move broken down vehicles. Many people were stranded in their cars for hours and some posted on social media to say they risked running out of fuel on the motorway. Forecasters had predicted temperatures in the area would be going down to -1C during the night. Title: Re: M5 closure: Drivers stuck for hours in freezing temperatures - 8 Dec 2017 Post by: JayMac on December 09, 2017, 01:09:10 A30/A303/A38/A358 bore the brunt.
I drove from Taunton to Chard, via a stop in Honiton, during the disruption. The major alternative routes were extremely busy. I took to the back roads over the Blackdown Hills. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |