Dartford's crossing misery is official!
It's official: the Dartford Crossing is the fourth
most congested road in the UK.
Only the area around Heathrow and two stretches of road around
Birmingham are more traffic-clogged, according to an RAC
report.
The study comes just days after the Government revealed the
crossing was one of the most affected by delays in the UK.
It revealed a raft of options to ease the bottleneck, including
a new Thames crossing and making the toll one-way only.
Typical daily flows range from 145,000 to 150,000, it said.
Now the RAC study reveals nationally we're sick of congestion
and poor road conditions - and three out of four drivers want
better public transport.
It suggests that almost 90 per cent of motorists are fed up with
roads in their area.
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But the motoring organisation says only one in five supports the
idea of road pricing instead.
According to RAC members the 10 most-congested
roads in the UK are:
1 M25 - section from Heathrow airport to M1.
2 M6/M42 interchange - east of Birmingham.
3 M6 - section from Telford to Birmingham.
4 M25 - Dartford Crossing.
5 M4/A4 - approach into west London.
6 M1 - section from Nottingham to Sheffield.
7 A14 - section around Cambridge and Huntingdon.
8 M62 - section around Leeds and Huddersfield.
9 M1 - section north of London through the Home Counties.
10 A406 (North Circular) - section from M1 to M11 in north
London.
Monday, April 27 2009