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19th Aug 2004, 14:24
Thousands of motorists were caught up in traffic chaos today on Europe's busiest stretch of motorway.
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Tailbacks stretching 20 miles built up on the M25 near London's Heathrow airport, after a section of the motorway undergoing major roadworks was partially closed. An estimated 20,000 vehicles were caught in near-stationary queues on the anti-clockwise carriageway between junction 13 near Heathrow airport and Rickmansworth 20 miles away. Traffic built up after engineers spotted a collapsed drainage chamber in a section of road already coned off for roadworks, closing another lane. The delays spilled over on to the M4 heading into London, compounding the effects of a separate problem on the M3.
AA spokeswoman Rebecca Rees said: "All the work is done but the delays are still there and the advice is to take a different route. That section is used by 250,000 people a day - it's the busiest section of motorway in Europe, it's a very important route, it's the way people go to Heathrow, it's the way people get to the M4 and into London. We are in the school holidays. It could have been worse but many people will have been going to Heathrow and Gatwick."
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Tailbacks stretching 20 miles built up on the M25 near London's Heathrow airport, after a section of the motorway undergoing major roadworks was partially closed. An estimated 20,000 vehicles were caught in near-stationary queues on the anti-clockwise carriageway between junction 13 near Heathrow airport and Rickmansworth 20 miles away. Traffic built up after engineers spotted a collapsed drainage chamber in a section of road already coned off for roadworks, closing another lane. The delays spilled over on to the M4 heading into London, compounding the effects of a separate problem on the M3.
AA spokeswoman Rebecca Rees said: "All the work is done but the delays are still there and the advice is to take a different route. That section is used by 250,000 people a day - it's the busiest section of motorway in Europe, it's a very important route, it's the way people go to Heathrow, it's the way people get to the M4 and into London. We are in the school holidays. It could have been worse but many people will have been going to Heathrow and Gatwick."