Did anyone get caught in this nightmeire ? It's been closed since 7am due to a diesel spillage for 75% of the length.
It will need to be resurfaced.
It took me 2 hours to get from Bromley to Woolwich, late morning and 2 hours to get back, early afternoon.
Everywhere was gridlocked from Eltham/Kidbroke onwards.
Avoid at all costs.
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buses were taking 3 hours to complete their routes.
Used to drive that route every day when I worked in Hackney. Bloody glad I don't have to do that anymore. Mind you southeastern to Victoria isn't much better.
It was a crane that leaked the diesel, just seen it on the local news.
The tunnel is being resurfaced and hopefully will reopen tomorrow.
God alone knows what it will be like in 10 years.
Lucky for him the site foreman was even later in. In his words 'carnage'.
I must have passed 20 odd articulated lorries and 10-15 122 and 161 buses. In John Wilson St most drivers had switched off engines and were standing around chatting.
Suspect it will be a nightmare again tomorrow as if the resurfacing is on-going its unlikely to be finished by tomorrows rush hour.
Counting them was the highlight of my day.
It took 1.5 hours from there.
On the way back I thought i'd be smart and went up Francis Street, then past the hospital, not too bad.
Shooters Hill looked bad, so I thought I'd cut across Shooters Hill, down Corelli Road and back up to Well Hall Road.
Bad move, everything around Corelli and Zangwill was gridlocked and I was literally going round in circles.
Ended up having to go back on to Shooters Hill and joined the A2 at The Sun In The Sands, which was also bad. I wanted to turn off for Kidbrooke, but that was gridlocked, so ended up going to the Blackfen turn off & back through Sidcup & Chislehurst.
Bag of shite.
And breathe.