Overview
- AA modelling points to around 24.4 million vehicles on Friday 19 December, with traffic remaining heavy into early next week.
- The RAC projects about 37.5 million leisure journeys between Wednesday 17 and Christmas Eve, the highest for this period since its 2013 records began.
- Inrix warns of long delays on key stretches including the M25, M4, M6, M1 and M60, with the worst hold-ups expected from 11am to 7pm on Saturday and on Christmas Eve.
- National Highways says it will remove as many roadworks as possible, while the M27 between junctions 9 and 11 will close from 8pm on 24 December to 4am on 4 January.
- Network Rail’s post-Christmas engineering work plus record December demand at airports and heavy flows through the Port of Dover are forecast to push more travellers onto busy roads, prompting calls to plan ahead and allow extra time.