Category Archives: Travel Delays

News of current and past travel problems and delays in the Somerset and Glastonbury district. Call back often for travel updates that may disrupt your journey times.

Driving on hard shoulder, variable speed limits as 'smart…

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Driving on hard shoulder, variable speed limits as 'smart…
Traffic on the M4 near Bristol will from today be managed remotely, with the hard shoulder opened at peak times and speed limits imposed depending on traffic volumes.
The stretch of “smart motorway” between junctions 19 and 20 – for the M32 and M5 – will be controlled from Avonmouth, with speed limits shown on overhead gantries in a red ring, closures indicated by a solid red cross and instructions to move out of a lane by a white arrow. Tests of hard shoulder use between junctions… – Read More.

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Author: ChronReports
http://www.somersetguardian.co.uk/Drink-driving-elderly-motorists-rise/story-19930283-detail/story.html

Police appeal: Woman dies after crashing into M5 central…

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Police appeal: Woman dies after crashing into M5 central…
POLICE WANT witnesses to step forward after a fatal crash on the M5 this morning.

The incident involving a single car was reported to Avon & Somerset Police at 8.30am on the northbound carriageway between junction 26 (Wellington) and 25 (Taunton).

The car is reported to have moved into lane three to overtake another vehicle. It was then in collision with the central reservation and crossed the motorway, from lane three to one and mounted a roadside embankment, where it was in collision…

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Motorists feel the benefit as petrol prices tumble at the pumps

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Motorists feel the benefit as petrol prices tumble at the pumps
Drivers are paying the lowest average price for petrol in more than two and a half years, according to a study.

The AA Fuel Price Report found the average pump price of petrol fell from 132.16p per litre last month to 130.44p.

It had risen to a high of 138.38p in the second week of September before the end of the Syrian chemical weapons crisis and the stronger pound sent wholesale prices tumbling, the motoring organisation said.

The cheapest price for supermarket petrol in built-up areas…

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Author: ChronReports
http://www.somersetguardian.co.uk/Drink-driving-elderly-motorists-rise/story-19930283-detail/story.html

Full body scanners for Bristol Airport as terror threat remains…

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Full body scanners for Bristol Airport as terror threat remains…
Bristol Airport is get special full body security scanners because the terrorist threat level remains “substantial” with an attack “a strong possibility”.

Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said 11 more airports, including Cardiff and Bristol, are to have the scanners on top of the ten which already use them.

But for the first time passengers who opt out of being screened will be allowed a private search alternative.

The scanners were installed at airports including Heathrow in response… – Read More.

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Author: ChronReports
http://www.somersetguardian.co.uk/Drink-driving-elderly-motorists-rise/story-19930283-detail/story.html