Breaking news: M20 closed
- 27 August 2016 15:58317178
- Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
27 August 2016 18:17317187When you look at the pictures it is amazing no one was seriously injured, the motor cyclist "only" has broken ribs from coming off his bike on swerving to avoid the other traffic.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 27 August 2016 22:18317200Looking at the location on Google Earth, it looks as though he hadn't been able to join the main carriageway at the end of the slip road from the M26 and continued on the hard shoulder despite the cross-hatchings that indicate the hazard.Lew Finnis
- Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,261
27 August 2016 22:34317201One lucky lorry driver in the white rig, a split second difference and it would have been on his cab.Arte et Marte - Reginald Barrington
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 17 Dec 2014
- Posts: 3,261
27 August 2016 22:44317203Wrong direction Lew he was heading west bound.Arte et Marte - 1 September 2016 15:40317366[U]M20 closed at Maidstone for bridge removal this weekend
Following the lorry bridge strike on the M20 last week it has been decided by Highways England to have the remaining part of the bridge demolished this weekend.
In order to do this the M20 motorway will be closed to all traffic in both directions from 20.00 on Friday 2 September until 06.00 on Monday 5 September.
Signed diversion routes will be in place but all coast bound traffic will be routed on to the A2 from the M25.
Because of the diversions and possible congestion due to additional holiday traffic, drivers should be prepared to allow more time for their journeys during the weekend. [/U] - John Buckley
- Registered: 6 Oct 2013
- Posts: 615
2 September 2016 15:21317417Really lucky that nobody was killed in this 'accident'.
Anyone know what happened to the thicko driver who was responsible and whether he was charged with anything?
Thanks to this idiot he's ensured that countless thousands of other drivers have to suffer the inconvenience of road closures and congestion not to mention the huge cost of the repairs.
I'm particularly annoyed having to do a trip up to Heathrow tomorrow, should be fun, not!
- Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
3 September 2016 14:41317456 - 7 September 2016 11:27317608Somewhat different, but related issue: trucks have been rolling down Folkestone Road for the past two nights - what is gong on with the A20?
- 7 September 2016 12:19317610Probably just fed up with queuing? It is due to be shut at the weekend though.
https://www.dover.uk.com/forums/my-dover-forum/a20-road-improvements-start-saturday-20th-february
"The closure will involve sections of the A20 extending from the Court Wood Junction to just after York Street Junction. Timings for the closure will be from 2000hrs on the 10th September to 0500hrs on 11th September, and 2000hrs on the 11th September to 0500hrs on 12th September" - 7 September 2016 12:57317612