M4 traffic news: Fuel protests planned for first day of summer holidays

And police are warning motorists that protests involving slow-moving roadblocks have been deliberate on the M4, M5, M32 and A32 tomorrow.

It comes two weeks after protestors final focused the roads due to rising gas costs.

The RAC says that 18.8m journeys are being deliberate by drivers between Friday and Monday.

The route takes protestors alongside the M4 from junction 20 to 19 and again once more and that is prone to have an effect on site visitors on the motorway.

The precise route will see autos journey northbound on the M5 between Bridgwater and the Almondsbury Interchange from about 8.45am, then head east alongside the M4 and to junction 1 of the M32.

There the convoy is anticipated to exit, cease for a time period, earlier than repeating the identical route in the wrong way, arriving again in Bridgwater within the early afternoon.

Motorists are being suggested to plan forward to take the slow-moving roadblocks into consideration.

Superintendent Tony Blatchford mentioned: “Our protest liaison crew has been participating with the organiser so we are able to inform the general public of the possible disruption and assist to minimise it.

“Nonetheless, drivers can count on journey instances will possible be longer than regular, particularly on motorways, which frequently are usually at their busiest at the moment of 12 months.

“We advise motorists think about any various journey plans out there and guarantee they’re suitably ready in case they’re delayed.”

A second protest group is because of set off at 8.45am from the identical location close to junction 24 of the M5 and perform a slow-moving protest alongside the A38 to the Bristol Highway Shell storage in Bridgwater.

They’re anticipated to dam the forecourt in the course of the morning.