This afternoon road chaos on Great west Road/Lampton
At 3.30pm this afternoon.. the westbound carriageway of the Great West Road is still closed to traffic.... following a crash this morning near the Lampton Junction.Hopefully nobody was injured..or worse.There has been chaos today on surrounding roads with traffic blocking roads in the area to try and make progress. Gresham Road was jammed..so too Spring Grove Road, Thornbury Road, Jersey Road, Alderney Avenue,Lampton Road, indeed everywhere near there. You may had heard reports from friends about it allI watched cars stuck westbound doing U turns over the central barriers etc..and as I crawled along I was telling motorists that they were driving towards a road block.Thankfully the radio (LBC 97.3FM) kept people posted...but so many people had no idea what was going on.It seems that the Police close roads after some accidents and seemingly take ages to take their measurements etc. I mean the Great West Road has possibly been closed for 5 hours...with such inconvenience to other road users dealing with their business etc etc.Emergency notice would have been help in lots of places to advise drivers to "turn right at Gillettes" or go south and via A316. But no ..let them, snarl up and suffer!
Jim Lawes ● 7281d3 Comments