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Darford Crossing Shut
occy
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Darford Crossing in Kent has been shut due to a security alert after a man walking around suspiciously was arrested.
Yet again people are stuck on this horrendous M25.
http://www.itv.com/news/london/story/2013-09-06/incident-closes-dartford-crossing/
Yet again people are stuck on this horrendous M25.
http://www.itv.com/news/london/story/2013-09-06/incident-closes-dartford-crossing/
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The only realistic thing they could do is park up somewhere and head down to Tilbury to get the ferry and hope to go and get their car tomorrow.
http://www.southendandchelmsfordradio.com/news/news.asp
Really feel for those people stuck. I live not to far and was planning nipping to the tesco at lakeside but think I'll give that a miss now.
That's what I was thinking. There is no (realistic) alternative route.
Which is unusual because the last time the topic of removing tolls and letting 4 lanes flow through was raised, Dartford River Crossing said they couldn't do that as there would be too much extra traffic from all the people who use alternative routes to avoid the £1 (at the time) toll, suddenly flooding back.
Oh yes, I'd certainly drive up the A2, Blackwall tunnel and back out on the M11 to dodge a £1.
What if you have got a cross channel ferry or train to catch?
20 years ago we used to do just that, Oh the joys of paid by the hour for travel, with the increase in traffic I don't think the extra time it would take would make it viable these days though :-)
Yeah and that will be choked up.
As an alternative, I once tried to be clever and used the Woolwich Ferry. :eek: Never again - I'd rather walk.
You'd be stuffed basically.
My sister who's on her way home on the Kent side said she heard someone on the train saying someone had jumped off a coach waving a gun and that it was a "coach full of terrorists" ..
that in itself seems absurd, but the ITV update page has tweets from people who say the police did surround a coach so there might be something in it.
also ..
"Bomb disposal unit and two ambulances just gone by on hard shoulder 1 mile before A2 junction"
Whilst inconvenient I am sure if this turned out to be a serious incident people would rather be late than not get there at all.
May sister has drove from Bluewater to Eltham to have a wee at my house then done Blackwall tunnel andback to Basildon when itS been shut before to get home from work.
There's that I suppose, as well as the Woolwich Ferry. But then I imagine if you're one of the unlucky ones stuck on the approach to the bridge, you're pretty buggered
Up the A13 - Blackwall tunnel - South circular!
But that doesn't help the people stuck on the actual motorway which has barriers blocking them from turning round!
But just think of how many threads you'd get out of that!