Drivers have been warned to anticipate lengthy queues as thousands and thousands take to the roads forward of the Christmas weekend.
The AA has mentioned Friday would be the busiest day on the roads this week with an estimated 16.9 million journeys being made throughout the UK.
An extra 16.6 million are anticipated to be made on Christmas Eve.
Congestion shall be additional compounded because of a strike by 1000’s of members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail, inflicting practice providers to complete at round 3pm on Saturday.
Those touring by air have additionally been warned to arrange for delays as Border Force employees are additionally set to strike on Friday.
According to the RAC the roads shall be busiest between 10am and 7pm on Friday, the final working day earlier than Christmas.
Roads prone to be most affected congestion embrace the M25, the M60 close to Manchester, the M6 in northwest England and the M40 in Oxfordshire.
Transport analytics firm Inrix expects journey instances to be round 14% longer in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months.
National Highways mentioned virtually 98% of England’s motorways and main A-roads shall be totally open till the top of two January as a result of it finishing and lifting roadworks.
AA head of roads coverage Jack Cousens mentioned: “We are advising those heading out in their cars to be prepared for some congestion, especially on popular routes heading out of London.
“The rail strikes have satisfied extra individuals to journey by automotive this 12 months, and whereas a whole bunch of miles of roadworks have been eliminated to ease the ache, it won’t be sufficient to maintain the queues away.”
RAC spokesman Rod Dennis said there will be “two frantic days of travelling simply earlier than Christmas”.
Inrix transportation analyst Bob Pishue said: “With pre-pandemic ranges of travellers hitting the highway this vacation, drivers should be ready for delays – particularly in and round main cities.”
Source: information.sky.com”