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Blackwall Tunnel Northbound closed for the rest of the day

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  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    ..what shoulda been a 20 minute journey, ended up being 23 minutes Ffs
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    ..what shoulda been a 20 minute journey, ended up being 23 minutes Ffs

    I have to say Westmount Road was fine until your mates decided to move in.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Covered End said:

    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    ..what shoulda been a 20 minute journey, ended up being 23 minutes Ffs

    I have to say Westmount Road was fine until your mates decided to move in.
    Grand opening tomorrow I think mate. Go in for a coffee and throw a pot and say I sent ya. Reckon you might get a sachet of sugar on the house pal
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    In this day & age of smart phones, Google maps is the best app you can ever have. My 20 minute journey to Sidcup diverted me because of traffic & only added another 5 minutes onto the journey
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    edited May 2016
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    Covered End said:

    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    ..what shoulda been a 20 minute journey, ended up being 23 minutes Ffs

    I have to say Westmount Road was fine until your mates decided to move in.
    Grand opening tomorrow I think mate. Go in for a coffee and throw a pot and say I sent ya. Reckon you might get a sachet of sugar on the house pal
    If the tunnel is still fooked, they should get out on the street and sell coffees to the gridlocked motorists.

    Come to think of it, they could pop in and make a pot and the car in front would still have not moved.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    In this day & age of smart phones, Google maps is the best app you can ever have. My 20 minute journey to Sidcup diverted me because of traffic & only added another 5 minutes onto the journey

    20 minutes from Sidcup....... Pratts Bottom?
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    ..what shoulda been a 20 minute journey, ended up being 23 minutes Ffs

    3 minutes less sheep shagging time for you
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    Covered End said:

    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    Covered End said:

    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    ..what shoulda been a 20 minute journey, ended up being 23 minutes Ffs

    I have to say Westmount Road was fine until your mates decided to move in.
    Grand opening tomorrow I think mate. Go in for a coffee and throw a pot and say I sent ya. Reckon you might get a sachet of sugar on the house pal
    If the tunnel is still fooked, they should get out on the street and sell coffees Charlton Athletic 2016/17 season tickets to the gridlocked motorists.

    .
    Corrected
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    killerandflash said:

    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    ..what shoulda been a 20 minute journey, ended up being 23 minutes Ffs

    3 minutes less sheep shagging time for you
    Baaaaaaa llocks
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    Chrissy\\\'s Army!! said:

    In this day & age of smart phones, Google maps is the best app you can ever have. My 20 minute journey to Sidcup diverted me because of traffic & only added another 5 minutes onto the journey

    Tell me more tell me more.
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/blackwall-tunnel-closed-delays-to-last-the-rest-of-the-day-as-drivers-stranded-for-hours-a3255696.html
    Martin Compton, 50, got trapped in the traffic after dropping off his daughter at school in Plumstead.

    He said he stopped some "four or five miles" from the Blackwall Tunnel near Charlton Park yet before spending hours sat in stationary traffic.

    The University of Greenwich lecturer, who was late for work and forced to set up his laptop in his car, said: "It's amazing. There are streams of people walking the bus routes. People are getting out their cars and talking to each other."

    He added: "I've unbelievable. I've never seen it this bad, even when Charlton play a big game and your make the mistake of coming this way.
    At least Martin Compton won't have that problem next season, thanks to the efforts of RD and KM.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    Abbey Wood to Bermondsey almost 3 hours this morning, then the return journey this afternoon was 4 and a half hours.

    Fooking 7 and a half hours in a car for a 9 mile each way journey
  • kidbrookeaddick
    kidbrookeaddick Posts: 1,051
    Been told it wont be ready until 7am tomorrow
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,848
    I hope they hurry up and build this new Thames river crossing they've got planned. Should help ease the congestion a bit.

    You what? A "garden bridge" in the West you say? Nah, there's already plenty of bridges there. I ain't falling for that!
  • johnnyhumphrey
    johnnyhumphrey Posts: 449
    If a new crossing was approved,tunnel or bridge,why would there only be one?Can't we have two or three new crossings built simultaneously to stop these problems for the next thirty or forty years?
    I suppose whichever was to be built there would be a ten year public enquiry beforehand anyway.And then ten years to build the damn thing.At three times the original estimate.
    Can't someone,somewhere,in government just get their finger out and sort this mess within a person's lifetime?
    Has anyone seen anywhere a calculation for annual lost working hours caused by the delays at the Dartford Tunnel? Must be a staggering amount of wasted time and fuel.Add in the detrimental health effects of the stress and pollution.Multiplied over the last twenty years or so.
    I suppose Dartford is just far enough out of Westminster's sight to be ignored.Or there are no MP's who have to suffer it daily.
    As for the Blackwall and Rotherhithe tunnels,they belong in museums.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    johnnyhumphrey said:

    If a new crossing was approved,tunnel or bridge,why would there only be one?Can't we have two or three new crossings built simultaneously to stop these problems for the next thirty or forty years?
    I suppose whichever was to be built there would be a ten year public enquiry beforehand anyway.And then ten years to build the damn thing.At three times the original estimate.
    Can't someone,somewhere,in government just get their finger out and sort this mess within a person's lifetime?
    Has anyone seen anywhere a calculation for annual lost working hours caused by the delays at the Dartford Tunnel? Must be a staggering amount of wasted time and fuel.Add in the detrimental health effects of the stress and pollution.Multiplied over the last twenty years or so.
    I suppose Dartford is just far enough out of Westminster's sight to be ignored.Or there are no MP's who have to suffer it daily.
    As for the Blackwall and Rotherhithe tunnels,they belong in museums.

    A crossing east of Dartford is being proposed

    http://www.lower-thames-crossing.co.uk/consultation/

    While TfL have a new crossing(s) planned as well

    https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/publications-and-reports/new-river-crossings-for-london
    https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/silvertown-tunnel

    Obviously, finances and politics will have an effect on these proposals
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,633
    Just leave the car on the approach to the tunnel and take the cable car, that should ease the problem.
  • AddickFC81
    AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
    It is so important that we build a new bridge in this part of London. But you should have seen how bad Blackheath was.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    edited May 2016
    guinnessaddick said:

    Just leave the car on the approach to the tunnel and take the cable car, that should ease the problem.

    Or park at NGS and get the Jubilee line.

    I'm assuming that the Dartford crossing was significantly more busy than usual because of this?
  • man_at_milletts
    man_at_milletts Posts: 5,620
    Covered End said:

    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    Covered End said:

    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    ..what shoulda been a 20 minute journey, ended up being 23 minutes Ffs

    I have to say Westmount Road was fine until your mates decided to move in.
    Grand opening tomorrow I think mate. Go in for a coffee and throw a pot and say I sent ya. Reckon you might get a sachet of sugar on the house pal
    If the tunnel is still fooked, they should get out on the street and sell coffees to the gridlocked motorists.

    Come to think of it, they could pop in and make a pot and the car in front would still have not moved.
    You don't keep a thermos in your car then?
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    The_President said:

    guinnessaddick said:

    Just leave the car on the approach to the tunnel and take the cable car, that should ease the problem.

    Or park at NGS and get the Jubilee line.

    I'm assuming that the Dartford crossing was significantly more busy than usual because of this?
    North Greenwich isnt the cheapest place to park at though
  • boggzy
    boggzy Posts: 3,595
    Would not have been able to get there yesterday anyway.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,270
    What we really need to do is build the Gallions Reach crossing, the Silvertown crossing, the Belvedere crossing, a second ferry, another bridge somewhere and make them all dual carriageways at the very least, all 100% paid for by the government without a toll in sight. Hell If the was a political party whose sole aim was to do all that then they'd get my vote
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    man_at_milletts said:

    Covered End said:

    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    Covered End said:

    i_b_b_o_r_g said:

    ..what shoulda been a 20 minute journey, ended up being 23 minutes Ffs

    I have to say Westmount Road was fine until your mates decided to move in.
    Grand opening tomorrow I think mate. Go in for a coffee and throw a pot and say I sent ya. Reckon you might get a sachet of sugar on the house pal
    If the tunnel is still fooked, they should get out on the street and sell coffees to the gridlocked motorists.

    Come to think of it, they could pop in and make a pot and the car in front would still have not moved.
    You don't keep a thermos in your car then?
    I'm Covered End not East Stand. :smile:
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,004
    Quite a queue northbound but moving, southbound is clear.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    I think we should follow Bill Boakes manifesto, and cement in the Thames and build a 26 lane motorway.
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    edited May 2016
    gutted i miss those times when i couldnt even get the car out the drive in Correli re the backed up traffic---gutting that it took me a full 2 mins to walk from the front door to the white cliffs to sit and read my book---bastard !!!
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    I'm gonna get one of these.

    http://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/china-to-develop-a-bus-that-straddles-traffic/ar-BBtsmXd?li=BBoPOOl
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    Covered End said:

    I'm gonna get one of these.

    http://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/china-to-develop-a-bus-that-straddles-traffic/ar-BBtsmXd?li=BBoPOOl

    What happens when you reach a lorry?
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Covered End said:

    I'm gonna get one of these.

    http://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/china-to-develop-a-bus-that-straddles-traffic/ar-BBtsmXd?li=BBoPOOl

    That is pretty incredible. Not sure how they would navigate around the small, tight streets of the City of London if they were to bring them to the UK. Fantastic concept though.

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