There were 40-minute queues in the M25 near Watford with traffic 'a lot worse than normal' this morning.
Drivers were warned to expect severe queues as up to 17 million leisure trips by car are expected to take place during the Easter bank holiday weekendThere were 40-minute queues in the M25 near Watford with traffic"a lot worse than normal" this morning.
The RAC said holidaymakers heading south were behind much of the congestion after forecasters predicted sunnier spells there over the next few days.The western side of the M25 was described as “pretty bad” and a “lot worse than normal”, with 40-minute queues. Airports are reporting “strong numbers”, with 175,000 due to leave from Stansted, 105,000 from Luton, 160,000 from Manchester, 79,000 from Birmingham, and 89,000 from Edinburgh between Friday and Monday.
Deputy chief meteorologist Dan Harris said: “The weather is expected to gradually improve following the widely unsettled spell of the past few days, with a fairly typical mix of spring-like weather across the UK.
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