M25 spillage causes delays at Dartford Crossing – recap

There have been lengthy delays of just about two hours on the M25 yesterday, as three lanes (of 4) had been closed after a spillage. Emergency restore work was additionally carried out between Junction 2 (Darenth Interchange) and Junction 3 (Swanley Interchange) in Kent.

While the incident occurred on the Kent aspect of the Dartford Crossing, it precipitated extreme delays for drivers coming from Essex.

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There have been lengthy queues over the QE2 Bridge and onto the A13 in each instructions again to Lakeside and Purfleet.

In an replace simply earlier than 2am on Thursday morning, visitors data service Inrix stated: “All lanes open, emergency repairs full on M25 clockwise between J2 A2 (Darenth Interchange) and J3 M20 (Swanley Interchange). Lanes one, two and three (of 4) had been closed.”

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